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June 30, 2011 | Vol. 2, No. 17 NY says ‘I do’ By Lisa Neff the bill was heralded as a Staff writer momentous development in New York lawmakers, in the state where the modern legalizing marriage for same- LGBT civil rights movement sex couples, made the union began and in a nation about “a little more perfect,” open- to celebrate independence, ly lesbian New York City justice and liberty. Council Speaker Christine “At our founding, what Quinn said June 24. made America different from That Friday night, the New every other country that York Senate sent a marriage existed before was a com- equality bill to Gov. Andrew mitment to an ideal that had Cuomo, who wasted no time never been advanced – that all in signing the legislation into are created equal, endowed law. by their Creator with the Same-sex couples can rights of life, liberty and the marry in Massachusetts, pursuit of happiness,” said Connecticut, Vermont, New New York Attorney General Hampshire, Iowa and the Eric T. Schneiderman. “Our District of Columbia – and, history as a nation has been in about a month, they can one of striving to make those also marry in New York. words ever more true. Today, AIDS BATTLE CONTINUES WITH NEW HOPE paGE 19 “This is a huge victory not our state rose to the chal- just for LGBT New Yorkers, lenge, and New York, once but for all New Yorkers and again, has carried on this for our country,” Quinn said. great American tradition.” Around the world, as many communities in major THE VOTE cities celebrated Pride over The New York General the weekend, passage of Assembly passed the mar- riage equality bill 80-63 on June 15. But early last week, with the 2011 legislative ses- This sion in overtime, there was no certainty the bill would issue reach the Senate floor, where Judge upholds registry inside and online at it had the support of 29 wisconsingazette.com Democratic senators, but By Louis Weisberg sex marriage and civil unions to that of marriage,” which fewer legal rights, duties and still needed three GOP votes Staff writer in the state. Former Gov. Jim is prohibited under the 2006 liabilities in comparison to News to pass. In a strongly worded rul- Doyle enacted the measure, constitutional ban adopted the legal rights, duties and WiGWAG ����������������������2 The bill’s Democratic ing, a Dane County Circuit which grants 41 legal protec- by voters. liabilities of spouses.” Regional Gaze ���������������4 shepherds were convinced Court judge upheld the con- tions to same-sex couples, Judge Daniel R. Moeser Moeser said that besides International Gaze ���� 12 they had two Republican stitutionality of the state’s including hospital visitation disagreed. providing only a few of the Editorial ����������������������� 14 votes and knew of two other domestic partner registry. privileges and the right to “The (registry) does not 200 rights afforded by mar- Faith Gaze ������������������� 16 “undecided” Republicans as The ruling came in a suit take family medical leave to recognize domestic part- riage under state law, reg- of June 23, when closed-door filed by the anti-gay group care for a sick or injured nership in a way that even istered partnerships differ Features negotiations began in earnest Wisconsin Family Action partner. remotely resembles how the greatly from marriage in the WiGOUT �������������������� 25 to craft an amendment pro- claiming that the registry WFA argued that the reg- state recognizes marriage,” way they’re legally established. Art Gaze ��������������������� 26 viding additional protections law violates a constitutional istry created a relationship Moeser wrote. “Moreover, For instance, either registered Theater ������������������������ 28 NEW YORK page 17 amendment banning same- status “substantially similar domestic partners have far REGISTRY page 7 On the Town �������������� 36 Community Briefs ����� 39 l e s bi a n pa s to r ple a s e d with verdict paGE 4 2 W i s c o n s i n g a Z e t t e . c o m | June 30, 2011 W i s c o n s i n g a Z e t t e . c o m | June 30, 2011 3 LGBT news with a twist WiGWAG By Lisa Neff & Louis Weisberg

Southwest Campione and Kelsi a speech at the RightOnline coolers and lost her virginity to hateful bone in my body,” he said. pilot suspended Culpepper on May conference in Minnesota bad-boy Johnston, who “cheated for rant 27 during the Twins’ when a woman stepped for- on me about as frequently as he A Houston-based Southwest home game against ward and tossed a handful of sharpened his hockey skates.” Airlines pilot was suspended after the Angels. After seeing glitter at her. A gay rights activist accidentally tying up air traffic them share a quick peck on took credit for the act, saying she Across the control airwaves with a prolonged the lips, the guard allegedly said to was protesting Bachmann’s “hate- Atlantic sexist, homophobic description of Campione, “I saw you kissing that ful and anti-gay rhetoric.” Former- In France in June, former Dior his flight attendant co-workers. girl, you can’t do that.” Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and designer John Galliano went on During the March 25 rant, the “I can kiss whoever I want to,” former U.S. Rep. Newt Gingrich, trial on charges he hurled racial, pilot assessed the date-ability of Campione said she replied. both presidential hopefuls, also anti-Semitic insults at several his crew for his co-pilot. “There’s “Well, we don’t play grab ass have been showered – Pawlenty patrons of a Paris cafe. Galliano 12 flight attendants. … Eleven here,” the guard answered, going in pink confetti and Gingrich in lost his job over the incident, (expletive) over the top (exple- on to explain that “here in the glitter. which led to charges that he vio- Inside tive), (expletive) homosexuals and stadium, we adhere to the 10 lated an act criminalizing “public City Market a granny,” he said. The pilot didn’t Commandments.” bristol’s world insults based on origin, religious Following our item in the last realize that his microphone was “That ruined our entire eve- Bristol Palin, daughter of Fox affiliation, race or ethnicity.” issue of WiG about being banned stuck and he was broadcasting his ning,” Campione told City Pages. commentator and former Alaska from Shorewood’s City Market, comments to other pilots and air “We were super upset, we felt Gov. Sarah Palin, has written her Here at home we received a call from the eat- traffic controllers. super uncomfortable.” autobiography at the age of 20. Comic Tracy Morgan apolo- ery’s owner inviting us to place A spokesman for the Twins said The single mom, working with gized again for anti-gay remarks the paper there after all. Jeffery Which the guard was reprimanded but writer Nancy French and pub- spoken from The Ryman Swanson blamed our banishment commandment continues to work at the stadium. lisher William Morrow, authored, Auditorium stage in Nashville, on a misunderstanding. So we’re is that? “Not Afraid of Life: My Journey Tenn., on June 3. The ex-“Saturday happy to announce that readers A lesbian couple says their All that glitters So Far.” Palin reflects on her Night Live” player joked that if can finally find the paper there, evening at the ballpark was … isn’t gold childhood and the excitement of thought his son was gay he would because we really love the food ruined when a security guard at U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, her mom’s political campaigns but “pull out a knife and stab’’ him. and we’re tired of having to boy- Minneapolis’ Target Field scold- one of the newer entries in the mostly on her troubled, defunct Faced with a barrage of criticism, cott a great eatery that’s only a ed them for what they called a race for the GOP presidential relationship with Levi Johnston, Morgan apologized publicly and couple of blocks from our office. “brief kiss.” City Pages reported nomination, got glittered recently. with whom she had a child. Palin then returned to Nashville to Thanks to all of the readers who that the guard confronted Taylor Bachmann had just wrapped up writes that she got drunk on wine apologize again. “I don’t have a asked City Market to let us in.

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Got news? Tell us REGIONAL GAzE [email protected]. Insurers to add new partner policies By Louis Weisberg said the policies will close Lindo said, while Humana ing their right-wing Christian companies,” Lindo said. recognition that all people Staff writer a gap in the state’s insur- plans to introduce them in customers, they were pre- The businesses involved in deserve equal benefit cover- In response to a lobby- ance market. While domes- the winter of 2012. vailed upon by a coalition the campaign included Public age, and this move shows a ing campaign spearheaded by tic partner plans have been Anthem has told EW that it of local businesses brought Allies, Radio Milwaukee, commitment by health insur- DeLong relieved by outcome of trial Equality Wisconsin, at least available for individuals and will add the coverage before together by EW. Pro-equality Beans and Barley, Women’s ance providers to having a three health insurance com- larger companies for some the end of 2012. Trilogy, a state Sen. Chris Larson, Fund of Greater Milwaukee, broader, progressive vision,” By Louis Weisberg ‘Only time panies plan to offer domes- time, small businesses in the fourth provider contacted by D-Milwaukee, also lobbied. Lakefront Brewery, ZBB said Helen Brown of ZBB Staff writer tic partner policies for small state have fallen through the EW, has not reached a deci- A study showing domes- Energy Corporation, Bronze Energy. “As a small company “I could not have expected will tell the businesses in the state (those cracks of coverage, she said. sion, Lindo said. tic partner policies cost no Optical, and Voces De La this change will allow us to or hoped for anything bet- with 50 employees or fewer). United Healthcare will Although some of the more than other family plans Frontera. not only attract and retain ter,” the Rev. Amy DeLong depths of Jacquie Lindo, a commu- begin offering the policies in companies initially expressed “got me through the door “Domestic partnership staff, but also to provide equal said after being suspended nity organizer for the group, the third quarter of this year, reservations about offend- of a lot of these insurance coverage provides a wider benefits to all employees.” for 20 days from the United the impact Methodist Church ministry. DeLong’s June 23 suspen- of this trial sion, which goes into effect but it all feels Pride Alive returns to Green Bay July 8 - 10 on July 1, came following her conviction of performing a good now.’ Pride Alive returns to Charles Walker Band and DeBaker says. says. “Our tagline is commu- 2009 same-sex marriage cer- Green Bay on July 8-10 with Ronnie Nyles. Drag star Anita On Sunday, July 10, the nity, diversity, equality. We’re emony in Menominee. UMC an expanded schedule of Buffet is master of ceremonies. weekend closes with “Chez trying to show that we’re clergy are banned from per- events that offers something The event is free and open Bouché: A Dance-Comedy still here five years after that forming such services. for everyone, says event co- to the public. Review” at Riverside horrible amendment. We’re DeLong had expected ing parts of the church chair Andrew DeBaker. Following the daytime pro- Ballroom, 1560 Main St. trying to show that we’re a a harsher sentence at her around the globe and export The main event is Saturday, gram, a dance party called About 3,300 people valuable part of the commu- church trial. homophobia to them. We July 9, at Joannes Park. The “Fever” rocks Shelter Club, attended last year’s Pride nity. And because we’re here, “I had resigned myself to have gone to Africa and festivities get underway with a 730 N. Quincy St. DJs Cody Alive, despite heavy rainfall. we demand equality. not leaving (the trial) with taught them some of the noon opening ceremony fea- Domino and Multidimensional The annual event began in “It’s also a way to recharge my credential, and I woke up most heinous, absurd anti- turing state Senate candidate Fortitude will spin, and go-go the wake of the 2006 anti-gay our batteries a little bit to boost on Friday morning still rever- gay things you’d ever want to Nancy Nusbaum, who’s chal- dancers from Chicago will set marriage amendment. ourselves and take that energy end,” DeLong said. hear and that has been very lenging anti-gay Sen. Robert the beat. “In northeast Wisconsin, and continue it in our daily lives DeLong was found not intentional by white conser- Cowles in this summer’s recall Fever is a new addition to we decided that revitalizing for the rest of the year.” guilty of a second charge of vatives in the U.S.” election. The afternoon and Pride Alive, now in its fourth Pride as sort of a focal point For a complete schedule, being a “self-avowed prac- In fact, Lambrecht’s evening entertainment includes year. “It’s really a response for the community was a great go to newpride.org. P H OTO: COURTE S Y ticing homosexual,” even Renewal and Reform local bands Speed Beaver, The to what people asked for,” thing we could do,” DeBaker – L.W. Green Bay celebrates with Pride Alive. though she has acknowl- Coalition came under fire at edged being in a long-term the denomination’s 2008 gen- relationship with her female eral conference for providing partner. free cell phones to African DeLong’s widely watched P h oto : A P / T h e P o s t-C re s cent, S h aron C e k a da and Filipino delegates. Critics Cannon & Dunphy church trial, held at Peace The Rev. Amy DeLong, right, hugs friend Barb Werner of Madison as supporter Ed Hoar, left, stands charged that the group was United Methodist Church by after DeLong’s verdict was read at United Methodist Church in Kaukauna on June 23. DeLong, a trying to influence delegates Wisconsin Personal Injury Attorneys in Kaukauna, was the first gay minister, was suspended from the exercise of the functions of an ordained elder of Peace United from poor and socially con- of its kind in Wisconsin. Methodist Church for 20 days beginning July 1. servative countries to sup- with a Reputation for Winning ™ Her suspension is the first port their anti-gay agenda. C Methodist-imposed pen- declined the job, had asked that the church has some way Chicago Tribune reported. have backfired, DeLong said. Erin Hawkins, who heads alty for blessing a same-sex the jury to suspend DeLong to go in reconciling complex “We seek to be faithful as Acknowledging that DeLong the church’s commission D union since the Rev. Greg from her ministerial duties social issues with scriptural pastors to everybody,” Parr might have done the wrong on religion and race, told NEW STYLES IN FOR SUMMER! Dell, pastor of Broadway until she signed a statement teachings. “The church has to told the Tribune. thing for the right reason, he the United Methodist News United Methodist Church in agreeing not to perform figure out how to deal with “The sadness is we’re here compared her action to that Service that trying to manip- • Automobile Accidents Chicago, was suspended for a future same-sex weddings as issues of conscience in a non- again,” she said through tears. of a pastor stealing money ulate people of color with year in 1999 for blessing the long as the church bans them. punitive way,” she said. “How “The hope is that maybe this from an offering plate to give gifts was an offense that • Civil Rights union of two men. DeLong had said during the can we proceed as people of is the last church trial for this.” to a food pantry. DeLong smacked of colonialism. DeLong, 44, who lives in trial that’s something she faith on a path that is more Lambrecht is on the other said people were outraged “My hope is that the white Osceola, was ordered by the would never do. She main- life-giving and less punitive?” side of the issue. Senior pas- that she was being likened leadership of the church • Fires and Explosions jury to use the time of her tained that her ministerial Throughout the trial, tor of the Faith Community to a thief. would be mindful of the suspension for “spiritual dis- duties did not require her DeLong was surrounded United Methodist Church actions in light of the his- • Medical Malpractice cernment” and to write a to follow what she called “an by supporters, including the in Greenville, he’s a leader Global issue tory of exploitation of peo- document about her expe- unjust law.” Rev. 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The group is questioned seeking a preliminary injunction Slashed tires fail Bankruptcy The attorney for a Marshfield voted down the gay rights fixtures made the bridge piers to block Indiana’s law, and a ruling man accused of planning an measure, the school board in glow purple. was expected by July 1. abortion clinic shooting is raising Saugatuck, Mich., voted 5-2 on Although equality supporters As Planned Parenthood await- to halt Chicago parade questions about the defendant’s June 20 to reject a video dealing saw validation in the special light- ed the ruling, the group said mental competency. with coming out. ing effect, Chuck Derrill with the about 9,300 Medicaid patients Federal defender Erika Bierma The school district’s sex edu- Minnesota Family Council said – both women and men enrolled said she will file a motion for a cation advisory committee want- the symbol should serve as a dif- in the state-federal health insur- competency exam for 63-year- ed the video to become part of ferent kind of reminder. ance program for low-income old Ralph Lang. the eighth-grade sex-education “We hope that when people and disabled people – were fac- Police detained Lang after curriculum as a way to help com- see the lit-up bridge that they ing “disrupted” medical services responding to an incident in bat harassment and bullying. should be reminded that they will under the state’s law. which his gun accidentally dis- Last year, a popular gay camp- be able to vote on marriage in The Obama administration charged while he was loading in ground in Saugatuck was vandal- 2012, just like voters have done said in a June 1 letter that the a Madison motel room on May ized with gay hate graffiti. A in 31 other states,” he said, refer- state’s new Medicaid plan cutting Let Us Help You 25. Lang told police he planned swastika and the words “Fags ring to a constitutional ban on funding for Planned Parenthood to shoot a doctor and nurses at a don’t belong” were spray-painted same-sex marriage that will be violated federal law. The Justice Make A Fresh nearby Planned Parenthood clinic on a fence at Campit Outdoor determined by voters next year. Department has filed a brief sup- the following day. Resort. porting Planned Parenthood’s Financial Start! Lang was charged in Dane Nearly 10,000 in request for an injunction. County Circuit Court with Rainbow glows Indiana lose attempted first-degree intention- over I-35 bridge health services Hate returns to al homicide. for Twin Cities Thousands of low-income Ferndale, Mich. FREE CONSULTATION Pride Planned Parenthood of Indiana Local police say they’re inves- Facebook group The Interstate 35W bridge patients have been left fending tigating as a hate crime an act calls for boycott over the Mississippi River got a for themselves to pay for birth of vandalism against a Ferndale, P H OTO : FAU S TO F E R N O S of Michigan town festive makeover for Twin Cities control, breast exams, Pap tests Mich., man and his boyfriend. A new Facebook group is call- Pride during the weekend of June and other medical services while At about 1 a.m. on June 13, The tires of 51 floats set to participate in the June 26 Chicago Gay Pride Parade were ing for a boycott of Holland, 24. The bridge’s underpass was lit a court battle continues over a someone splashed red paint on the slashed in what appeared to be an act of anti-gay vandalism. Mich., after its city council voted up in a rainbow to celebrate the new state law that eliminated the home and car of one of the victims Chicago police spokesman Daniel Sullivan told The Associated Press that police June 14 against adding sexual area’s LGBT community. organization’s Medicaid funding. in the Detroit suburb, Police Sgt. received the report of slashed tires around 6 a.m. on floats being stored by a parade orientation to the town’s anti- The city of Minneapolis, Planned Parenthood began Patrick Jones told the Daily Tribune. float business. The attack was the first of its kind in the parade’s history. discrimination ordinance. Minneapolis Park and Recreation turning away Medicaid patients The word “fag” was spray painted But the float business managed to find more than 100 replacement tires, and the The measure would have out- Board, Minnesota Department who couldn’t pay for its medical on his car in yellow paint. event went on largely as planned, drawing a record crowd estimated at 750,000 specta- lawed the denial of housing and of Transportation and Outfront services June 21, one day after The words “white fag” were tors. The recent adoption of a civil unions law in Illinois and the legalization of same-sex employment to people due to Minnesota worked together private donations that had paid scratched on the driver’s side marriage in New York seemed to energize the event, which was led by Mayor Rahm Bankruptcy their sexual orientation. It failed to obtain the special lighting. those patients’ bills ran out. door of the other victim’s car, Emanuel. 5-4 even though it included a MnDOT had to adjust 570 light A state law that took effect May Jones said. He estimated the cost Some reports indicated the parade might have been cut short due to the inability of Is All We Do! loophole exempting religious fixtures on the bridge to rain- 10 denied Planned Parenthood of the vandalism at several thou- police to control such a large crowd. organizations. bow colors, and another 48 light the Medicaid funds it uses to pay sand dollars. – L.W. 8 Locations to Serve You Holland and the neighboring “I consider it a hate crime,” town of Saugatuck are meccas Jones said. From Green Bay to Racine for gay and lesbian vacationers Ferndale was the scene of a from Chicago and Milwaukee, spate of similar hate crimes in ‘The legal status is very different’ MILWAUKEE many of whom own second the 1990s and early 2000s. The homes and businesses in the area. crimes prompted the formation REGISTRY from page 1 lots of states now that have Fair Wisconsin will con- 757 North Broadway But the region’s politics and of a group called Friends and partner can terminate their some form of legal recogni- tinue fighting for the registry, Suite 401 media are far to the right. The Neighbors of Ferndale. relationship simply by inform- tion for same-sex couples vowed executive director Family Research Council, which The group disbanded about ing the county clerk’s office, that are not like marriage. Katie Belanger. Milwaukee, WI 53202 was designated a hate group eight years ago after the hate whereas divorce involves divi- To suggest this was substan- “When we intervened in (414) 223-0000 by the Southern Poverty Law crimes involving malicious destruc- sion of property, child cus- tially similar to marriage was this case last year, we knew Center, has offices in Holland and tion of property and threats abat- tody arrangements and other absurd.” that it could be for several deep roots there. P H OTO: COURTE S Y ed, the Tribune reported. complex legal ramifications. In his ruling, Moeser noted years and we are prepared,” www.richardacheck.com Less than a week after Holland The Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River. – from AP and WiG Reports “The legal status is very, that proponents of the 2006 she said. “In the meantime, very different and that’s a ban on same-sex marriage we are celebrating our vic- very crucial distinction,” said had ensured voters it would tory with a very strong court • Virus Removal attorney Christopher Clark not legally prohibit arrange- decision. It’s definitely the ASK ABOUT OUR LAPTOP Come see our of Lambda Legal. He litigated ments like the one they’re strongest decision we could • Speed Up Your System fresh new look! the case on behalf of Fair now objecting to, Clark said. have hoped for.” TRADE-IN/TRADE-UP SPECIAL! Wisconsin and five same- Clark described Moeser’s Out state Rep. 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Got news? Tell us! 5 Liberals grouse about Obama at Netroots National GAzE [email protected] From the AP between now and November dent isn’t our boyfriend any- In the May AP-GfK poll, ernment-run Medicare health the president’s commitment Liberal Democratic 2012 the president can per- more’ panel.” 62 percent of liberals rated insurance plan for the elderly, to the DREAM Act, which activists are grousing that suade this critical part of his It’s not as if liberals are Obama’s presidency as out- privatize Social Security and would give a path to legal First same-sex census estimates released President Barack Obama base to turn out in droves likely to back someone else. standing or above average, repeal the health care over- status for young people who is just not that into them. again, and the wooing by aides Obama doesn’t have a seri- statistically similar to August haul. Obama, he said, would were brought into the United By Lisa Neff continues. because some couples may data on same-sex couples count includes 33,602 same- female. They vented their frustration is well under way. ous Democratic primary 2010. Among moderates work to bring wireless tech- States without documents as Staff writer Same-sex couples can have been unwilling to iden- released by the Williams sex couples, according to the The count in Wyoming over the pace of change to “I promise he is as frus- opponent, and liberal views and conservatives, however, nology to rural areas, develop children and who either plan The first same-sex couple be counted in the Census tify themselves, even in an Institute shows 4,328 same- Williams Institute. The major- includes 1,147 same-sex cou- a White House spokesman trated as you are,” Pfeiffer are a sharp contrast with the Obama’s ratings on this ques- alternative energy sources to attend college or join the estimates derived from the Bureau’s mandated 2010 sur- anonymous survey, and the sex couples in Hawaii. About ity are female, and about 20 ples, with about 73 percent June 17 at a big weekend told about 2,400 activists extremist right-wing views of tion ticked upward. Likewise, and offer tax incentives for military. It stalled in Congress. 2010 biennial Census were vey because “Person 1” on a survey would not reveal 23 percent of those couples percent are raising children. female and 28 percent raising meeting. attending the conference. He the current Republican Party Obama’s overall approval small business. Some activists want released in June, offering questionnaire could describe same-sex couples unless the are raising children. About The Delaware count children. White House communica- assured them they were “a presidential candidates. ratings among liberals have But the audience was Obama to use his admin- snapshots of gay domesticity his or her relationship with relationships involved heads 53 percent of the same-sex shows 3,353 same-sex cou- The numbers in California, tions director Dan Pfeiffer very important part of the “We have to hold this hovered around 80 percent clearly skeptical. The inter- istrative powers to protect in seven states. another adult of the same of household. Same-sex cou- couples are women. ples, the majority of them with a much larger popula- faced some tough questions coalition that got him here.” administration accountable, for the past year in AP-GfK view grew tense at times, those who would be cov- The earliest estimates, sex in the household as “hus- ples may also be mis-coded. In Alabama, the data shows female and about 19 percent tion than the other states, about Obama’s first-term at Not that it feels that but we will get a choice polling, with no discernible and Pfeiffer was booed when ered under the legislation released by the Williams band,” “wife” or “unmarried Still, the estimates are 11,259 same-sex couples – raising children. are 125,516 same-sex cou- the annual Netroots Nation way for many liberals, who between President Obama bump following the al-Qaida he responded to a question from being deported. They Institute, a think tank at partner.” The questionnaire important resources in local, about 5.98 same-sex couples In Kansas, the data shows ples, about 53 percent of conference of liberal bloggers consider Obama’s record a and our worst nightmare,” leader’s death. about a 1996 Illinois legis- complain about the Obama UCLA School of Law, are did not ask people to identify state and national discus- per 1,000 households in the 6,176 same-sex couples – them female and 21 per- and activists. mixed bag at best when it said Lily Eskelsen, vice The reception Pfeiffer got lative-race questionnaire in administration’s deportation for Alabama, California, as LGBT. sions about LGBT people state. An estimated 60 per- about 5.55 same-sex couples cent raising children. There In an interview on stage, comes to championing their president of the National when he was interviewed which Obama said he sup- of nearly 400,000 immigrants Delaware, Hawaii, Kansas, The Williams Institute and equality issues, according cent of same-sex couples are per 1,000 households in the are 9.98 same-sex couples Pfeiffer was pressed on the causes. Education Association, a onstage by Kaili Joy Gray of ported gay marriage. Pfeiffer in 2010 – a record – while Pennsylvania and Wyoming, maintains that the Census to Williams Institute scholar female, and 27 percent are state. About 26 percent of per 1,000 households in Obama administration’s eco- They see him as being too union representing teachers. the Daily Kos website under- said someone else had filled noting his efforts to court with more state estimates figures “may reflect an under- Gary Gates. raising children. the couples are raising chil- the state, according to the nomic policies, implemen- willing to compromise with To a certain degree, there’s scored the tension between out the questionnaire and Hispanics. to arrive as the data review count of same-sex couples” The first 2010 Census In Pennsylvania, the Census dren and 71 percent are Williams Institute report. tation of the law repealing Republicans on such issues a political upside for Obama Obama and some liberals. Obama was “evolving on the “Obama has the guts to the ban on openly gay ser- as dropping the proposed if liberals are cranky: He may Questioned about the issue” along with the rest of deport our mothers, deport vice members, and Obama’s public option – a govern- appear to be more a cen- president’s policies on the the nation. our fathers, deport our peo- Activist group Attorney Abby Rubenfeld, decision to extend tax ment-run plan to compete trist candidate, and that may economy, gay rights and tax Gray also pushed Pfeiffer ple and then come to us applauds NATIONAL Briefs who represents three cuts advanced by President with private insurers – for make him more attractive to cuts, Pfeiffer argued that for details on whether the and say ‘I want your vote’? discipline in Nashville councilmembers and George W. Bush. the health insurance over- the independent voters who Obama has worked hard administration would offer a Please,” said Felipe Matos, a pool dispute other residents of the city, “We were promised he haul and extending Bush-era often decide close elections. to get his agenda through a comprehensive job-creation Miami immigration activist. An employee at a public he said, “We don’t tolerate picion of a hate crime for hanging in the doorway at the protect gay students from filed the lawsuit after the bill would be our fierce advocate. tax cuts for the wealthiest. Obama advisers acknowl- divided Congress during a bill. “With a 9.1 percent For all the griping, many swimming pool in eastern that kind of activity around hanging a noose in the door- Santa Ana office of Equality bullying and harassment. was signed into law in May. She And I don’t think he has been They’re pleased he signed a edge the base is frustrated, time of hardship. unemployment rate, why liberals here appear resigned. Kentucky was suspended for here” and cited the Bible in an way of a California gay rights California in October. The law prohibits local gov- said the text of the statute is fierce and I don’t think he law to repeal the ban on but they expect liberal voters Pfeiffer said the White wouldn’t we have a jobs bill?” Said former Vermont Gov. a week without pay after tell- argument with Laura Quillen, organization in October. Brandel was being held ernments from creating anti- written broadly enough that likes to advocate very much,” openly gay service members, to rally around the president House would serve as a she said icily. Howard Dean, a one-time ing two disabled gay men to a member of the social service Santa Ana police Cpl. without bail because he’s on discrimination regulations that it could render invalid anti- said John Aravosis, an edi- but many feel that happened in next year’s election. check against Republican Elsewhere at the confer- Democratic Party chair: “The leave, city of Hazard officials group Mending Hearts. Anthony Bertagna said that parole for assaulting a police are stricter than the state’s bullying and harassment poli- tor with AMERICAblog who only after incessant pressure “While there is always efforts to undercut the gov- ence, liberals questioned alternative is in clear sight.” said in late June. Dozens of people rallied 45-year-old Marten Joseph officer and drug violations. and repealed a Nashville city cies enacted by school boards writes about gay rights issues. on the White House. more work we can do and The suspended city employ- at the pool in support of the Brandel was arrested when ordinance barring companies that include sexual orientation The concerns expressed Others complain that we take absolutely nothing ee, Kim Haynes, told investiga- gay men. he showed up for a scheduled Attorney: that discriminate against gays or gender identity. raise the question of wheth- Obama has embraced big for granted and will work tors that the two men were parole appointment in Irvine. TenN. law voids and lesbians from doing busi- “It doesn’t just include er liberals, who always business. They’re unim- every single day, we have very engaged in an excessive dis- Arrest for Bertagna told the Orange anti-bullying ness with the city. Nashville’s ordinances, but any policy or play important fundrais- pressed by Wall Street regu- good support from his base play of affection June 10, and noose hung County Register detectives policies ordinance was broader than any official actions by local ing and volunteering roles lation changes and annoyed and are ready to build on that he would have told any outside gay linked Brandel to the noose A lawsuit filed in Nashville the state’s anti-discrimination governments,” Rubenfeld for Democratic presidential that Obama appointed that,” said Obama campaign other couple to leave had he rights office by DNA, but it took months challenging a new state law laws, which only cover race, said. “And school boards are candidates, will be energized General Electric chief execu- manager Jim Messina in a seen similar behavior. Haynes, Police say a transient to find him. says the legislation voids creed, color, religion, sex, age part of local government.” when Obama runs for re- tive Jeff Immelt to lead a recent interview with The however, also acknowledged parolee was arrested on sus- The black noose was found school board policies that or national origin. – from AP and WiG Reports election next year or wheth- presidential advisory council Associated Press. er they will deny Obama a on jobs and competitiveness Despite the complain- critical contingent of grass- even as the company avoided ing, liberals’ impressions of F o r b r e a k i n g n e w s g o to www. w i s c o n s i n g a z e t t e . c o m roots foot-soldiers. Any paying federal taxes in 2010. Obama have not slipped enthusiasm gap could work One panel at the confer- in recent months. But they against Obama’s re-election ence reflected the rift: “What didn’t improve, either, follow- Sexual Conduct • DWI • Assault because the Republican to Do When Your President ing the killing of al-Qaida Indecent Exposure • Drugs • Theft base is determined to make Is Just Not That Into You.” leader Osama bin Laden, as Arrested? Internet Solicitation • Pornography Obama a one-term president. Moderator Joan McCarter happened among other ideo- Don’t just smile – Sparkle! Obama’s advisers hope that jokingly called it “The ‘presi- logical groups. David A. Paris, DDS, SC Cosmetic & General Dentistry

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Got news? Tell us INTERNATIONAL Gaze [email protected]. UN backs gay rights for first time ever From WiG and AP reports people face around the world committed against individuals sons are endowed with the state of Mauritania called it In addition, Congress recent- The United Nations based solely on who they because of their sexual ori- same inalienable rights – and “an attempt to replace the ly repealed the ban on gays Human Rights Council are and whom they love,” entation and gender identity.” entitled to the same protec- natural rights of a human openly serving in the military, endorsed the rights of LGBT U.S. Secretary of State Hillary More important, activists tions – as all human beings.” being with an unnatural and the Obama administra- people for the first time ever Rodham Clinton said in a said, it established a formal The resolution calls for a right.” tion said it would no longer June 17, passing a resolu- statement. U.N. process to document panel discussion next spring Boris Dittrich of Human defend the constitutionality tion hailed as historic by the Following tense nego- human rights abuses against with “constructive, informed Rights Watch said it was of the U.S. law that bars fed- U.S. and other backers and tiations, members of the gays, including discrimina- and transparent dialogue on important to persuade South eral recognition of same-sex decried by Russia and some Geneva-based U.N. Human tory laws and acts of vio- the issue of discriminatory Africa to take the lead on the marriage. This program is African and Muslim countries. Rights Council narrowly lence. According to Amnesty laws and practices and acts of resolution, so non-Western Asked what good the U.N. funded by the The declaration was cau- voted in favor of the declara- International, consensual violence against” gays, lesbi- countries would be less able resolution would do for gays University of tiously worded, expressing tion put forward by South same-sex relations are illegal ans and transgender people. to claim the West was impos- and lesbians in countries that Wisconsin School “grave concern” about abus- Africa, with 23 votes in favor in 76 countries and harass- The prospect of having ing its values. opposed the resolution, U.S. of Medicine and es because of sexual orien- and 19 against. ment and discrimination are their laws scrutinized went At the same time, he noted Deputy Assistant Secretary of Public Health’s tation and commissioning a Backers included the common in many more. too far for many of the coun- that the U.N. has no enforce- State Daniel Baer said it was Wisconsin global report on discrimina- United States, the European “Today’s resolution breaks cil’s 47 member states. ment mechanism to back up a signal “that there are many Partnership tion against gays. Union, Brazil and other Latin the silence that has been “We are seriously con- the resolution. “It’s up to civil people in the international Program But activists called it an American countries. Those maintained for far too long,’’ cerned at the attempt to society to name and shame community who stand with important shift on an issue against included Russia, Saudi said John Fisher of the gay introduce to the United those governments that con- them and who support them, that has divided the global Arabia, Nigeria and Pakistan. rights advocacy group ARC Nations some notions that tinue abuses,” Dittrich said. and that change will come.” body for decades, and they China, Burkina Faso and International. have no legal foundation,” The Obama administra- “It’s a historic method of credited the Obama adminis- Zambia abstained, Kyrgyzstan The White House in a said Zamir Akram, Pakistan’s tion has been pushing for gay tyranny to make you feel tration’s push for gay rights at didn’t vote and Libya was statement strongly backed envoy to the U.N., speaking rights both domestically and that you are alone,” he said. home and abroad. suspended from the rights the declaration: “This marks on behalf of the Organization internationally. “One of the things that this “This represents a his- body earlier. a significant milestone in the of the Islamic Conference. In March, the United States resolution does for people toric moment to highlight The resolution expressed long struggle for equality, and Nigeria claimed the pro- issued a nonbinding declara- everywhere, particularly the human rights abuses and “grave concern at acts of the beginning of a universal posal went against the wishes tion in favor of gay rights that LGBT people everywhere, is violations that lesbian, gay, violence and discrimination, recognition that (lesbian, gay, of most Africans. A diplomat gained the support of more remind them that they are TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF bisexual and transgender in all regions of the world, bisexual and transgender) per- from the northwest African than 80 countries at the U.N. not alone.” IS TAKING PRIDE IN YOURSELF

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ON THE RECORD My New York-induced crying jag { Editorial } The legalization of same- Jan. 1 of this year, and he ity lobbying campaign and sex marriage in New York made marriage equality one pledged millions more to “Marriage is the only relationship reduced this usually tough of the central goals of his Dem and GOP legislators that actually mirrors a relationship old dyke to tears. Copious Opinion administration. He continu- who may face blowback from with God – it’s very unique in that tears. Jamakaya ally addressed the issue with disapproving constituents. way. ... If they pass this gay marriage I knew that events were clarity and determination. It There were compelling bill … what I know will happen if this developing quickly, that a lot was not, he said, “a ques- personal factors too. We Sexual politics does comes forth is this will be the of money and influence and tion of religion or culture know that people who have beginning of our country sliding toward … anarchy. horse-trading and strong- but a question of legal rights a family member or friend Of all the absurdities hatched by Gov. Scott Walker and his right-wing ...That will be the moment our society loses its grip arming were going on. But and government policy. This who is gay are more passion- henchmen, none is more confounding than their elimination of funding for with what is right.” I was still stunned when is a matter of fairness and ate about equality for LGBT Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin clinics. – Former NY Giant David Tyree in an anti-equality the New York Legislature equality. When it comes to folks. It turns out Cuomo’s The GOP has fomented animus toward PP by spreading the lie that it does video he produced for the National Organization for passed the bill and Gov. fighting for what’s right, New partner, Susan, has a gay nothing but perform abortions on the taxpayer dime. In fact, terminating Marriage. Andrew Cuomo immedi- Yorkers wrote the book, and brother. Bloomberg’s niece, dangerous or unwanted pregnancies represents only about 3 percent of PP’s ately signed it just before marriage equality is the next Rachel, is a lesbian. Bratton’s services in Wisconsin. None of the clinics that provide this service receive “On matters of freedom and equality, history midnight June 24. chapter of our civil rights sister is a lesbian who was government funding. has not remembered obstructionists kindly. Not on I first learned about this story.” married in Massachusetts last But the group does provide an array of health services, including prena- abolition. Not on women’s suffrage. Not on work- on Rachel Maddow’s show civil rights of homosexuals. It Cuomo worked dog- year. Surely, most of the leg- tal care, cancer screenings and STD services. It also provides birth control ers’ rights. Not on civil rights. And it will be no (who better to bring us that was 1951. It was a time when gedly with legislative lead- islators have loved ones who counseling to prevent unwanted pregnancies (and thus abortions) and offers different on marriage rights.” great news?) and then spent gay people could be impris- ers, cajoled doubters, are gay. preventive care to more than 12,000 uninsured women in small communities. – New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. most of the night reading oned and institutionalized, framed exemptions for reli- Harvey Milk’s words were The Tea Party claims it wants to cut government spending. Wouldn’t pre- online updates at The New subject to shock treatments gious organizations, orga- so prescient: When we come venting STDs, cancer and unwanted pregnancies among women who can’t “You get to the point where you evolve in your York Times and watching and even lobotomy. That was nized influential allies and out, we change the world. afford healthcare be a great way to achieve that goal? life where everything isn’t black and white, good video clips on YouTube. only 60 years ago. boosted the bill through So I’ve finally stopped cry- You bet! A 2008 Guttmacher Institute Analysis found that PP of Wisconsin and bad, and you try to do the right thing. You And I was blubbering like a The progress we have the Republican-controlled ing. It was a good crying jag, helped to prevent more than 11,000 pregnancies that year alone, resulting in might not like that. You might be very cynical about baby the whole time. made in a relatively short state Senate by four votes. flowing from a place of joy about $139 million in medical savings. that. Well, fuck it, I don’t care what you think. I’m The eve of Pride weekend period of time is truly amaz- (A similar bill had actual- and hope. God knows, we So what’s the problem? There’s sex involved. trying to do the right thing. I’m tired of Republican- in New York City, just days ing. ly lost by 14 votes in the will have plenty of challeng- It seems that right-wing Republicans don’t really want to save money so Democrat politics. They can take the job and shove from the 42nd anniversary I’m not a big flag waver, Democratic-controlled es ahead, especially given much as they want to enforce a bizarre religious view that holds sex is evil “You’ll have to excuse Billy. it. I come from a blue-collar background. I’m trying of the Stonewall Rebellion! but this Fourth of July I will Senate in December 2009.) the thugs who dominate and women must be either virgins or whores. They want to punish women He has deeply held religious views.” to do the right thing, and that’s where I’m going How perfect, how profound be thinking more than usual Popular NYC Mayor Wisconsin’s three branches for having sexual desires by eliminating access to birth control, STD treat- with this.” was that finish? about the freedoms we enjoy Michael Bloomberg and for- of government. But New ment and reproductive choice. They don’t seem to realize that sex is natural – Republican New York Sen. Roy McDonald telling In my last column, I men- in this country and marvel- mer Police Commissioner York was a great shot in and healthy. Here’s a clue: It exists throughout the plant and animal kingdoms, his colleagues why he bucked party politics to support tioned the brave pioneers ing about the flexibility of a William Bratton were pugna- the arm and proves that where it is expressed in a diverse multitude of ways. Haven’t they noticed marriage equality. of the Mattachine Society, system that allows for such cious advocates. Wealthy gay money, message and political that even the most right-wing moralists – in fact, especially the most right- the first organized group in change and progress. and pro-gay businesspeople engagement can bring about wing moralists – can’t seem to keep it zipped? “Seventeen months ago, I stood up here and the United States to publicly Cuomo is my new hero. committed millions to sup- real change. The right’s costly and bizarre assault on women’s health is an example of { Letters } made the biggest mistake of my legislative career. advocate for the human and He was only inaugurated port the marriage equal- Let’s all get to work here! neuroses being acted out in the public policy arena. I made a decision based purely on political calcula- Alberta Whitefish Bay, Shorewood my dedication to our world- tions not to vote in support of marriage equality. I Darling’s and everywhere in between, class schools, ensuring access failed in my responsibility as majority leader of this bad joke everyone I speak with agrees to affordable health care for house of government to actually lead. I was wrong.” In a recent interview, state that Wisconsin needs to get those who need it and sup- – New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney Lessons from the NY victory Sen. Alberta Darling said, its fiscal house in order. porting the quality of life and addressing his colleagues on June 20. “The positive thing is now People I talk with agree dignity of our seniors. New York has officially of the Democrats in the New other and doing their own we’re going forward and that we must have a shared Sandy Pasch “New York Republicans are responsible for pass- become the sixth state to York Senate voted for the thing, these groups resolved The Wisconsin Gazette is published every especially in education.” sacrifice and should not be State senate candidate ing gay marriage. The party will pay a grave price.” enact a marriage equality law. marriage equality bill. Because to play from the exact other week and distributed throughout Moving forward especially balancing the budget on the – Maggie Gallagher, director of the National This is an obvious victory Opinion of the near-perfect solidarity same book. They shared the the Milwaukee area, Madison, Racine, in education? backs of our children, seniors Facebook Organization for Marriage, whose sole mission is to on a number of levels. New Cory liebmann among Democrats, the coali- same goals, the same timing Kenosha, and 40 other cities statewide. Moving forward by cutting and most vulnerable neigh- joke deny marriage equality. York has the third largest tion only needed a handful and even the same name. To have WiG delivered to your address, $1.6 billion from our public bors. Remember when teachers, population in the nation, so of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. He of moderate Republicans to That was quite an accom- CEO/PRINCIpal contact circulation@wisconsingazette. schools? Moving forward by So when Darling describes public employees, Planned “I can’t stop crying. We did it kids.” its action opens the door to reportedly told people in join them. 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Because New York “I have to do this.” He didn’t support for equality proved donors, major corporations, Publisher/ Moving forward by slashing 20 years in the Legislature, wiped out half our 401(k)s, does not require residency just say the words, but rather to be yet another key to the labor unions and a wide Editor in Chief funding for our world-class claiming that it moves us for- took trillions in taxpayer- “I think some glitter brings some magic into to obtain a marriage license, he proceeded to take full overall strategy. When one of variety of LGBT advocacy Louis Weisberg contributors technical schools by 30 per- ward, especially in education, funded bailouts, spilled oil the debate. But it has to be done strategically and the new law impacts people charge and ownership of the the four Republican moder- organizations. It seems that Debra Brehmer, Will Fellows, cent? Is she serious? one can only assume that in the Gulf of Mexico, gave backed up by effective messages.” beyond the state’s borders. actual effort. ates who eventually voted for every element of the coali- NATIONAL NEWS Editor Jody Hirsh, Rick Karlin, Cory Liebmann, As I’m out knocking she’s kidding. themselves billions in bonus- – Michael Mitchell of Stonewall Democrats talking We must remember that Leveraging personal rela- the bill was having a problem tion focused on its specialty Lisa Neff Jamakaya, Mike Muckian, Kat Murrell, on doors in Milwaukee, I can assure you, as a nurse es, and paid no taxes? Yeah, about the latest way of protesting anti-gay politicians – a winning political strat- tionships proved critical very getting off the fence, a major and employed it at just the Peggy Schulz, Anne Siegel, Dan Wilson Menomonee Falls, Glendale, and educator for the last 30 me neither. … Pass it on. by showering them in glittery confetti. egy helped deliver these early in the effort. Cuomo’s employer in his district pub- right moment. Creative Director Germantown, Mequon, years, I am not kidding about Ubiquitous Facebook post results. As we celebrate the longtime companion has an licly endorsed the marriage The story of New York’s Jim Lautenbach Distribution Manager “Alec! Now we can get married!” New York developments in openly gay brother, and one bill. That endorsement plus a victory offers guidance Robert Wright – Steve Martin to Alec Baldwin on Twitter following Wisconsin, we should look of the key Republican funders letter-writing campaign from into how we might adjust Account Executives the New York marriage vote. at how that strategy worked. of the effort has a gay son. people in his district helped our advocacy efforts in Jim Lautenbach, Web designer/developer “Ok. But if you play that … banjo after eleven The day after the historic The personal and family rela- to finally push him into voting Wisconsin. Obviously we are Lindsey Makoutz, Marypat Wulff Kevin Rux o’clock. ...” vote, The New York Times tionships of some key legis- for equality. not operating in the same Our mission – Baldwin’s response to Martin. ran an in-depth, behind-the- lators helped to eventually Another critical part of context or environment. But Entertainment Editor office assistant To inform, engage and empower Wisconsin’s LGBT community scenes report on how the flip their votes on the mar- the effort included the use of that doesn’t mean we can’t Gregg Shapiro Anita Gielow by providing a professional, independent print and online source for news marriage law was passed. The riage issue. Leveraging these many different groups joining take away lessons to apply and commentary, as well as coverage of political and cultural issues. most prominent theme of personal connections clearly together and collaborating as here at home. 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ingeditor@wisconsingazette. NEW YORK from page 1 “Promise kept” and “Thank recently been affirmed with- 5 [email protected]. faith gaze com. for religious institutions that you, Gov. Cuomo.” in the past year by federal teach homosexuality is sinful “Gov. Cuomo has shown courts in our nation’s most and might refuse wedding New York and the nation prominent civil rights cases. and marital services to same- what leadership looks like,” … We are beginning to see sex couples. said Brian Ellner, the senior the dark walls of discrimina- Celebrating freedom by expanding inclusion Cuomo, who made mar- strategist in the state for the tion crumble.” WE DO riage equality a cornerstone Human Rights Campaign. The Justice Department sible bathrooms and to reno- at Plymouth who opened our courage for the work that still all. And I’ll look forward to of his legislative agenda this HRC deployed about 30 announced earlier this year HOUSE CALLS! vate the core of areas of the congregation to the LGBT needs to be done, like mak- the day when all people truly year, pressed hard, behind full-time field organizers to that it would not defend the church. Thanks to the gen- community in 1991. I’ll take ing our building accessible for share equal protection. the scenes and publicly. On work for marriage in the section of DOMA withhold- Kathryn Christensen, dvm Religion erosity of church members June 17, urging passage, the state and estimated that ing federal recognition of iKKie eibert dvm ANDREW WARNER as well as many in the LGBT state’s top Democrat said, work led about 150,000 same-sex marriages, because n s , community, we raised $1.4 “This state has a proud tradi- constituents to encourage the provision is uncon- Quality Feline Medicine & Surgery Twenty years ago, Plymouth million in pledges so that we Open & Affirming Congregations tion and a proud legacy as their representatives to sup- stitutional. Congressional Church, where I serve as min- can make Plymouth a more the progressive capital of the port the bill. Republicans have since Dentistry • Boarding • Grooming ister, declared itself “open and welcoming place. nation. We led the way, and Longtime activist Evan pledged to step in and defend affirming,” meaning LGBT Now we will extend the MILWAUKEE Beth’El Evangelical Lutheran Church, it’s time for New York to lead Wolfson, who has been at DOMA in court. Nutritional & Behavioral Consultations people would be welcomed welcome we offer to the All Saints’ Cathedral (Episcopal), 818 E. 101 Bethel Drive, P.O. Box 70, Poynette, WI the way again.” the forefront of the marriage President Barack Obama, Cat Adoptions into all aspects of our com- LGBT community to every- Juneau Ave., 53202, 414-271-7719, www. 53955-0070 As negotiations went on fight since the earliest battle speaking at a fundraiser in munity life. one, regardless of their ability ascathedral.org Community of Hope UCC, 7118 Old inside the capitol in Albany, in Hawaii, predicted, “Now New York on June 23, reiter- through Local Rescue Groups In some ways 1991 seems to navigate stairs. Central United Methodist Church, 639 Sauk Rd., 53717, 608-836-1455, www. demonstrations for and that we’ve made it here, we’ll ated his support for repealing Food • Supplies • Gifts like a completely different era. For many Amid the capital cam- N. 25th St., 53233, 414-344-1600, www. madisonchristiancommunity.org against passage of the bill make it everywhere.” DOMA. Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer paign for our building we centralumcmilw.org First United Methodist Church, 203 took place outside, with But he did not respond to stalked our community, few years we celebrated our open and Congregation Shir Hadash, 414-297-9159, Wisconsin Ave., 53703-2105, 608-256-9061, equality activists chanting THE IMPACT hecklers in the audience who dreamed of the possibility of affirming anniversary. U.S. www.cshmilw.org www.wisconsinumc.org/madison-firstumc/ and lobbyists touting polls The Williams Institute, a urged him to publicly sup- same-sex marriage, anti-viral lived with a Rep. Gwen Moore gave a Cross Lutheran Church, 1821 N. 16th Plymouth Congregational UCC, 2401 showing 58 percent of New California think tank, esti- port marriage equality. medications for HIV were keynote address. Her words St., 53205, 414-344-1746, www. Atwood Ave., 53704, 608-249-1537, www. York voters supporting the mated the number of people During the fundraiser at unheard of and no one texted. disconnect. captured the way LGBT crosslutheranmilwaukee.org pcucc.org legislation. A similar bill had potentially affected by the a Sheraton hotel, a woman Of course, we were at war On LGBT rights, handicap accessibility Divine Word Lutheran Church, 5505 stalled at the conclusion of legislation’s passage: shouted, “Marriage.” in Iraq; some things never and many other social justice Lloyd St., 53208, 414-476-3189, GREEN BAY the session two years ago. • An estimated 42,600 Obama said, “I heard that. 236 N. Water St. change. issues we were struggles share a common divinewordlutheran.org Angels of Hope MCC, P.O. Box 672, Green A breakthrough came June same-sex couples live in Believe it or not I anticipated Plymouth became open thread. Moore pointed to First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee, Bay, 54305, 920-983-7452, www.aohmcc. 24, when the bill reached the New York. that” and then, after some (414) 272-CATS (2287) and affirming a long time ago. ahead, but on the great promise of the 1342 N. Astor St., 53202, 414-273-5257, org, [email protected] floor. The measure passed • About 7,200 same-sex clapping and a “where was I?” catdoctor98.com Since then an entire genera- 14th Amendment to provide www.uumilwaukee.org Hope United Church of Christ, 141 S. the GOP-controlled senate couples in New York are went back to his comments. tion has grown up with the accessibility all people equal protection. Lake Park Lutheran Church, 2647 N. 12th Ave., Sturgeon Bay, 54235, 920-743- 33-29, with four Republicans raising about 14,000 chil- Later, regarding the acceptance of gays and lesbi- Rooted in ending the evil Stowell Ave., 53211, 414-962-9190, 2701, www.hopechurchdc.org, hopeucc@ and 29 Democrats voting dren. upcoming vote on the New ans as the norm. we were of slavery, the amendment lakeparklutheran.com hopechurchdc.org “yes.” • With the governor’s signa- York marriage bill, Obama While we publicly wel- behind. quickly moved beyond that Metropolitan Community Church, 1239 W. Union Congregational United Church of Cuomo signed the bill at ture, the percentage of the said, “Right now I understand comed the LGBT community, to encompass broader issues. Mineral St., 53204, 414-383-1100, www. Christ, 716 S. Madison St., 54301-3609, about 11:55 p.m. U.S. population living in a there’s a little debate right in practice we found many LGBT rights, accessibility for milmcc.org 920-437-9266, www.unionucc.com, “Love conquers all,” said state allowing same-sex here in New York. … New more straight people came the disabled and immigration Milwaukee Friends Meeting (Quakers), [email protected] Susan Sommer of New York- marriages will more than York is doing exactly what to the church because of it. rights – all of these are about 3224 N. Gordon Place, 53212, 414-263- based Lambda Legal. “Today double, from 5.1 percent democracies are supposed to As one recent straight couple to the sanctuary but much making the promise of the 2111, www.milwaukeequakers.org FOX VALLEY our state government rose to 11.4 percent. do” – debate and deliberate.” said, “We don’t know who of the rest of the building 14th Amendment come true. Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, 12012 W. North Fox Valley UU Fellowship, 2600 Philip Lane, above the political fray and Beyond New York, mar- A heckler shouted, “Do our children will grow up to remained out of reach for Moore urged progres- Ave., Wauwatosa 53226, 414-258-0456, Appleton, 54915, 920-731-0849, www. did the right thing for New riage equality proponents you support…?” and others be, but we want them always those with mobility issues. sives to work to implement www.mtzionlutheran.org fvuuf.org York families. Equality pre- predict that the legalization yelled, “Say yes to marriage” welcome at their church For many years we lived with the entire vision of the 14th Plymouth Church, 2717 E. Hampshire Ave., SS Cyril and Methodius United vailed.” of gay marriage in the state and “Support gay marriage.” home.” a disconnect: On LGBT issues Amendment, to help create 53211, 414-964-1513, www.plymouth- Independent Catholic Church, 3499 Chuck Wolfe of the Gay will influence those in other A report from the press Yet even as Plymouth grew we were ahead of American a world where all people church.org Oakridge Road, Neenah, 54956, 920-809- and Lesbian Victory Fund, state capitols, on the courts, pool summarized, “Bottom in its welcome of the LGBT culture, but on accessibility receive equal protection. St. James Episcopal Church, 833 W. 3969, www.uicchurch.homestead.com, which is committed to elect- in the Congress and in the line: Despite some heckling community, many in the con- we were behind the times. This July 4 weekend I will Wisconsin Ave., 53233, 414-964-1513, [email protected] ing openly LGBT candidates, White House. on gay marriage, which (the gregation were bothered by Recently we developed celebrate those who came www.stjamesmilwaukee.org praised out legislators “who Their major goal is the president) said he expected, our lack of adequate accessi- plans to adapt our building before me to make the world Tippecanoe Church PCUSA-Living Waters KENOSHA/RACINE have been at the center of voiding of the 1996 Defense he did not break any new bility. A ramp provided access to add an elevator and acces- freer – people like the leaders Contemplative Life Center, 125 W. Bradford Community Church-Unitarian this fight for years – the brave of Marriage Act, which ground on gay marriage – Saveland Ave., Bay View, 53207, 414-481- Universalist, 5810 Eighth Ave., 53140, men and women who helped defines marriage as the union apparently his position is still 4680, www.tippechurch.org 262-656-0544, www.bradforduu.org their colleagues understand of a man and a woman for evolving. He mentioned the Underwood Memorial Baptist Church, Olympia Brown Unitarian Universalist our humanity. Their authentic federal purposes and allows N.Y. legislation pending in 1916 Wauwatosa Ave., Wauwatosa 53213, Church, 625 College Ave., 53403, 262-634- voices helped change hearts, one state to refuse to rec- the state senate, stalled by www.underwoodchurch.org 0659, www.obuuc.org, [email protected] and their determined hearts ognize another state’s legal Republican opposition, but Unitarian Church North, 13800 N. Port helped change votes.” same-sex marriage. New did not endorse it, only said it Washington Rd., 53097, 262-375-3890, OTHER There also was praise for York same-sex couples may was right for states to debate www.ucnorth.org First Christian Church, 1909 Highland Ave., the four GOP senators who marry in a month, but they the issue.” Village Church, 130 E. Juneau Ave., 53202, 414- Janesville, 53548, 608-752-3847, www. supported the bill and for still will be denied access to The vote in New York, 273-7617, www.villagechurchmilwaukee.org fccjanesville.org the well-financed, well-coor- about 1,200 federal rights along with public opin- Wauwatosa Presbyterian Church, 2366 N. First Congregational UCC, 504 Washington dinated campaign by LGBT and benefits. ion polls, suggests that the 80th St., Wauwatosa, 53213, 414-774-5005, Ave., Sauk City, 53583, 608-643-8387, nonprofits to move New “Constitutional rights president is “falling behind www.tosapres.com [email protected] York voters and lawmak- belong to every individual, the majority of Americans Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 421 ers on the issue. There was regardless of the state you who see marriage equal- MADISON S. Farwell St., Eau Claire, 54701, 715-834- particular praise for Cuomo, inhabit,” said Chad Griffin ity as a key civil right for Advent Lutheran Church ELCA, 7118 Old 0690, www.uueauclaire.com who basked in the adoration of the American Foundation LGBT Americans,” said Robin 2634 N. Downer Ave. Sauk Rd., 53717, 608-836-1455, www. To contribute a listing, please e-mail of hundreds of thousands for Equal Rights, the group McGehee of GetEqual. madisonchristiancommunity.org [email protected]. of Pride celebrants June behind the legal challenge (414) 964-3125 26. Signs along New York’s to California’s anti-gay Join the WiG community optixondowner.com Pride parade route stated, Proposition 8. “This has on Facebook. 18 W i s c o n s i n g a Z e t t e . c o m | June 30, 2011 W i s c o n s i n g a Z e t t e . c o m | June 30, 2011 19 3 0 y e a r s o f a i d s 30 years of setbacks, progress mark AIDS battle Be ABLE: Be an African American By Lisa Neff er Lawrence Altman wrote, deaths, 60 million have been nity, there was much talk of insufficient. of the bravery of their AIDS Staff writer “Doctors in New York and infected and 25 million have improving the health of those “Most people are stunned patients.” In early 1981, health offi- California have diagnosed died in the global AIDS pan- living with HIV and AIDS, to learn that of our $1 bil- “In terms of medicine,” cials began hearing reports among homosexual men 41 demic. their lives lengthened by new lion investment in taxpayer Castro said, “of course some- Building Lives of Empowerment of young men in New York cases of a rare and often rap- A cure doesn’t exist. drugs and treatments. dollars, less than 4 per- thing eludes us – a cure, a and California sick with a idly fatal form of cancer. Eight Nor does a vaccine for HIV, “We’ve come a long way cent goes toward finding vaccine.” devastating pneumonia and a of the victims died less than the virus that causes AIDS. on treatment and we’re see- a cure or functional cure In government, President rare form of cancer. 24 months after the diagnosis But much has changed ing some advances in preven- to end this epidemic,” said Obama, the first lady, the On June 5, 1981, the U.S. was made. since those darkest days of tion,” said Kenneth Cole, chair Frank Oldham Jr., National health and human services Centers for Disease Control’s “The cause of the out- the 1980s. of American Foundation for Association of People with secretary and the directors Be ABLE Morbidity and Mortality break is unknown, and there “Thirty years ago … doc- AIDS Research, the organiza- HIV/AIDS president. “That of the CDC and the Office of Weekly Report, under the is as yet no evidence of con- tors released the first pub- tion co-founded by Elizabeth must change.” National AIDS Policy recom- The purpose of Be ABLE is to reduce headline “Pneumocystis tagion. But the doctors who lished report of AIDS. Since Taylor in 1985. “But we’re not In the medical community, mitted the U.S. government the risk of HIV infection by providing Pneumonia – Los Angeles,” have made the diagnoses, then, the disease has dev- yet where we need to be. We physicians this past month to a comprehensive HIV/ contained case reports for mostly in New York City and astated our community and need to find a cure.” focused on 30 years of AIDS strategy – a roadmap opportunities for gay and bisexual “five young men, all active the San Francisco Bay area, others across the world,” A cure, said Dr. Anthony advancements in detection, for reducing new infections, African American men between the homosexuals,” all of them are alerting other physicians said Joe Solmonese of the Fauci, director of the treatment, care and under- improving care, reducing healthy until they suffered who treat large numbers Human Rights Campaign in National Institute of Allergy standing. health disparities, expand- ages of 21 and 35 to build social pneumonia, fever, coughs and of homosexual men to the Washington. “But AIDS has and Infectious Diseases, is a “We know so much more ing access to prevention and support through open conversations skin lesions. problem in an effort to help also brought all of our com- difficult goal, but he wants than we did just 20 years promoting a robust research about racial and sexual identity. The announcement from identify more cases and to munities together in ways we “to pull out all the stops to ago,” said Dr. Paul Castro. agenda. the CDC was the first reduce the delay in offering never expected.” go for it.” The Florida physician has “As we remember people published report on what chemotherapy treatment.” Throughout much of June, In the activist community, specialized in HIV/AIDS for in our own lives we have Contact would come to be called There wasn’t panic across marking the anniversary of there was revitalized talk 25 years. “It was known as lost and stand by those liv- Acquired Immune Deficiency America, but there was fear the CDC report, federal offi- about acting up – to encour- the gay plague, and I knew ing with HIV/AIDS, we must Chris Allen, Diverse and Resilient Syndrome or AIDS. By in the gay neighborhoods of cials and world leaders, doc- age everyone to get tested people in the health care also rededicate ourselves to Did you know, 414.390.0444 the time the MMWR was New York City, San Francisco, tors and scientists, activists and know their HIV status, industry, a lot of people, who finally ending this pandemic released, two of the five men Los Angeles, Chicago and and AIDS survivors reflected to continue an education were afraid to sit beside a – in this country and around had died. other major cities. By year’s on the first days and the dark campaign that counters the gay man. But most of those the world,” Obama declared. 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White version 20 W i s c o n s i n g a Z e t t e . c o m | June 30, 2011 W i s c o n s i n g a Z e t t e . c o m | June 30, 2011 21 3 0 y e a r s o f a i d s 3 0 y e a r s o f a i d s AIDS, a timeline Older AIDS survivors face challenges By Lisa Leff prone to the cancers, neuro- develop treatment guidelines for which he is being treated values youth, Charles Emlet, about how much it means June 5, 1981: The U.S. Centers July 25, 1983: San Francisco General July 1987: U.S. Congress adopts Prevention Strategic Plan to cut annual AP writer logical disorders and heart designed to help veterans of would be more commonly a social work professor at to them to give back, to do for Disease Control and Prevention Hospital opens the first dedicated AIDS the Helms Amendment, which bans the HIV infections in the U.S. by half within Having survived the first conditions that typically afflict the disease cope with getting found in someone 30 years the University of Washington, something positive with the publishes a report describing cases of a ward in the country. It is fully occupied use of federal funds for AIDS education five years. and worst years of the AIDS the elderly. Thirty years after frail a decade or two ahead of his senior: a condition called Tacoma, said. years they never expected to rare lung infection, Pneumocystis carinii within days. materials that “promote or encourage, epidemic, when he was los- the first diagnoses, doctors are schedule and to remain inde- Ramsay Hunt syndrome that As they get older and sicker, have,” he said. pneumonia, in five young, previously directly or indirectly, homosexual 2002: Worldwide, 10 million young ing three friends a day to seeing these and other unan- pendent for as long as possible. causes facial paralysis, a rare many feel “doubly stigmatized,” Peter Greene can relate to healthy gay men in Los Angeles. This Sept. 9, 1983: The CDC identifies all activities.” people, aged 15-24, and almost 3 the disease and undergoing ticipated signs of premature Research so far suggests cartilage disorder for which he he said. Some people who that. At times, like the days he marks the first official reporting of what major routes of HIV transmission – and million children under 15, are living every primitive, toxic treat- or “accelerated” aging in some that HIV is not directly caus- has undergone four ear surger- have lived with the virus for is so exhausted he can’t get will become known as the AIDS epidemic. rules out transmission by casual contact, with HIV. ment that then existed, Peter long-term survivors. ing conditions that mimic ies, bone death in the hip and a long time have been getting out of bed or the pain from food, water, air, or environmental Greene is grateful to be alive. Government-funded sci- old age, but hastens patients shoulder, deterioration of his by on private disability ben- his multiple maladies is too July 3, 1981: The New York Times surfaces. Nureyev 2003: The CDC calculates that But a quarter-century after entists are working to tease toward ailments to which they heart muscle, osteoporosis and efits that will run out when intense, he asks himself “the reports on cases of Kaposi’s sarcoma 27,000 of the estimated 40,000 new his own diagnosis, the former apart whether the memory may have been genetically or memory loss. they turn 65, forcing them to Carrie Bradshaw question – affecting 41 gay men in New York and October 1983: San Francisco antibody test for HIV. infections that occur each year in the Mr. Gay Colorado, now 56, loss, arthritis, renal failure and environmentally predisposed. At his therapy group for move to less expensive loca- are we really lucky to still be California. officials order bathhouses closed due United States result from transmission wrestles with vision impairment, high blood pressure showing Plus, their immune systems men with HIV, aging “comes tions or to consider turning alive?” Carrie Bradshaw was to high-risk sexual activity occurring June 1995: The FDA approves the by individuals who do not know they bone density loss and other up in patients in their 40s and are being weakened over time up frequently,” he said. “I say, to estranged family members. the character played by Sarah Dec. 31, 1981: A cumulative total of in these venues. New York and Los first protease inhibitor. This ushers in a are infected. debilitating health problems 50s are consequences of HIV, even when they are being suc- ‘Just think what we have come Like soldiers from a distant Jessica Parker in the “Sex and 270 reported cases of severe immune Angeles follow suit. new era of highly active antiretroviral he once assumed he wouldn’t the drugs used to treat it or cessfully treated for AIDS, said through to have a life today.’” war, many lost partners and the City” TV shows and films. deficiency among gay men is reported, therapy. June 10, 2004: Leaders of the “Group grow old enough to see. a cruel combination of both. Dr. Malcolm John, who directs At the same time, he acknowl- their closest friends to AIDS. As frightening and uncertain and 121 of those individuals have died. of Eight” Summit call for the creation of “I survived all the big With people over 50 expected the University of California at edges sometimes feeling self- Such emotional side effects, as this phase of AIDS is, he October 1987: The AIDS Memorial 1996: The number of new AIDS cases a consortium of government and private- things, but now there is a new to make up a majority of U.S. San Francisco’s HIV clinic. conscious about his physical combined with the physical thinks he knows the answer. January 1982: The first U.S. HIV/ Quilt is displayed for the first time on diagnosed in the U.S. declines for the sector groups designed to coordinate host of things. Liver prob- residents with the virus by “That’s probably true for a appearance and worries if toll of managing chronic health “I’ve tried to make the time AIDS clinic is established in San the National Mall in Washington, DC. first time since the beginning of the and accelerate research efforts to find lems. Kidney disease. It’s like 2015, there’s urgency to unrav- lot of these things. We aren’t “people are not attracted to problems, put older AIDS I have count, and really, now Francisco, followed by the establishment The display features 1,920 3’ x 6’ panels. epidemic. an effective HIV vaccine. you are a 50-year-old in an eling the challenges faced by saying HIV’s starting the prob- me and unwilling to go the patients at risk for depres- that I have the body of an of the first East Coast clinic in New York 80-year-old body,” Greene, older patients, according to the lem, but it’s added fuel on top,” length of what it means to sion. At the same time, Emlet 80-year-old, I probably have City. Oct. 11, 1988: ACT UP (AIDS October 1996: The Quilt is displayed in Sept. 22, 2006: The CDC releases a San Francisco travel agent, National Institutes of Health. he said. be with me, no matter how has uncovered evidence that the wisdom of an 80-year-old Coalition to Unleash Power) protests its entirety for the last time. It covers the revised HIV testing recommendations said. “I’m just afraid that this In San Francisco, where Stokes, a patient of John’s brilliant my mind or my zest a majority of long-term sur- as well, which counts for a April 13, 1982: U.S. Rep. at FDA headquarters about the drug- entire National Mall in Washington, D.C. that call for routine HIV screening for all is not, regardless of what my already more than half of the who goes by only his last name, for life.” vivors also share another lot,” Greene said. “Everything Henry Waxman convenes the first approval process. Eight days later, the adults, aged 13-64, and yearly screening 9,734 AIDS patients are in is a prime example. At 53, Loneliness, financial worries trait that typically comes with becomes clear at the end of Hudson non-HIV positive friends say, congressional hearings on HIV/ FDA announces new regulations to 1997: The U.S. Centers for Disease for those at high risk. the typical aging process.” people 50 and over, University HIV-positive since 1985 and in and concerns about who will advanced age: the ability to your life and in some ways, AIDS. The CDC estimates that tens of speed up drug approvals. Control and Prevention reports the first Even when AIDS still was of California at San Francisco substance abuse recovery for care for them and where can draw strength from their dif- thinking you’ve been dying all thousands of people may be affected by Oct. 2, 1985: Actor Rock Hudson substantial decline in AIDS deaths in the 2007: The CDC reports that more almost always fatal, researchers AIDS specialists are collabo- the last 11 years, he says he is weigh on long-term AIDS sur- ficult experiences. these years, you get moments the disease. dies of AIDS-related illness. He leaves 1989: The number of reported AIDS United States. than 565,000 people have died of AIDS predicted that people infect- rating with geriatricians, phar- happier than he ever has been. vivors in the same way as all “The older adults I’ve inter- of clarity that I don’t think $250,000 to help set up the American cases in the United States reaches in the U.S. since 1981. ed with HIV would be more macists and nutritionists to Yet the number of ailments adults living in a society that viewed, many of them talk everyone gets.” Foundation for AIDS Research, with 100,000. Elizabeth Taylor as the founding national Aug. 6, 2008: The CDC releases new chair. Feb. 16, 1990: Pop artist Keith Haring domestic HIV incidence estimates that dies of AIDS-related illness. are substantially higher than previous WELCOME TO A NEW KIND OF HIV PHARMACY. 1986: San Francisco AIDS activist estimates – 56,300 new infections per Cleve Jones creates the first panel of April 8, 1990: Ryan White dies of year vs. 40,000. the AIDS Memorial Quilt. AIDS-related illness at the age of 18. April 7, 2009: The Obama Sept. 17, 1986: President Ronald August 1990: Congress enacts the administration launches the Act Reagan mentions AIDS publicly for the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Against AIDS campaign, a multiyear, Sept. 24, 1982: The CDC uses first time, vowing in a letter to Congress Resources Emergency (CARE) Act of 1990, multifaceted communication campaign the term “AIDS” – acquired immune to make AIDS a priority. which provides $220.5 million in federal Sept. 26, 1997: The FDA approves designed to reduce HIV incidence in the deficiency syndrome – for the first time funds for HIV community-based care and Combivir, a combination of two United States. and releases the first case definition of Oct. 22, 1986: U.S. Surgeon General treatment services in its first year. antiretroviral drugs in one tablet. AIDS: “a disease at least moderately C. Everett Koop issues the Surgeon predictive of a defect in cell-mediated General’s Report on AIDS. The report 1991: The Visual AIDS Artists Caucus October 1998: Clinton declares AIDS immunity, occurring in a person with no urges parents and schools to start frank, launches the Red Ribbon Project to to be a “severe and ongoing health known cause for diminished resistance open discussions about AIDS and urges create a visual symbol to demonstrate crisis” in African-American and Hispanic to that disease.” education and condom use. compassion for people living with AIDS. communities in the United States. Nick Olson, PharmD Rick Fons, RPh February 1983: Dr. Robert Gallo of March 19, 1987: The U.S. Food and 1992: AIDS becomes the leading 1999: The World Health Organization ARE YOU the National Cancer Institute suggests Drug Administration approves the first cause of death for U.S. men ages 25 announces that HIV/AIDS has become + Wisconsin’s leading HIV pharmacists serving you that a retrovirus probably causes AIDS. antiretroviral drug, zidovudine or AZT. to 44. the fourth biggest killer worldwide and + Personal counseling on your medications the No. 1 killer in Africa. WHO estimates April 23, 1983: Gallo and colleagues 1993: President Bill Clinton that 33 million people are living with Jan. 4, 2010: The U.S. Government + Financial assistance to help you with your payments at the National Cancer Institute find establishes the White House Office of HIV worldwide and that 14 million have officially lifts the HIV travel and POSITIVE? + Home delivery of your medications the cause of AIDS, the retrovirus HTLV- National AIDS Policy. died of AIDS. immigration ban enacted by President III. The secretary of health and human George H.W. Bush. Rick Fons and Nick Olson have dedicated their careers to HIV services announces the development of Jan. 6, 1993: Ballet dancer Rudolf Jan. 27, 2000: Clinton announces …you’re getting all the services you need from your pharmacy? a diagnostic blood test to identify HTLV- Nureyev dies of AIDS-related illness. the launch of the Millennium Vaccine 2011: The U.S. Department of Health disease and will provide you with the best HIV pharmacy services. III and expresses hope that a vaccine A month later, tennis star Arthur Ashe Initiative to create incentives for and Human Services launches the 12 against AIDS will be produced within dies. Cities Project to support comprehensive developing and distributing vaccines To enroll in the ARCW Pharmacy call 414-223-6820 two years. against HIV, TB and malaria. HIV/AIDS planning and cross-agency 1994: AIDS becomes the leading response in the 12 U.S. jurisdictions 820 North Plankinton Ave • Milwaukee, Wisconsin May 1983: Congress passes the first cause of death for all Americans ages that bear the highest AIDS burden in October 2000: Congress re- OPEN MONDAY–FRIDAY 8:30–5:30 bill that includes funding specifically March 1987: Playwright and AIDS 25 to 44. authorizes the Ryan White CARE Act the country. for AIDS research and treatment – activist Larry Kramer founds the AIDS for the second time. $12 million for the U.S. Department of Coalition to Unleash Power or ACT UP Dec. 23, 1994: The FDA approves an Sources: CDC, FDA, NIH, USAID, © 2011 AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin Health and Human Services. in New York City. oral HIV test, the first non-blood-based 2001: The CDC announces a new HIV Kaiser Family Foundation 22 W i s c o n s i n g a Z e t t e . c o m | June 30, 2011 W i s c o n s i n g a Z e t t e . c o m | June 30, 2011 23 3 0 y e a r s o f a i d s Case of AIDS cure leads to new hope By Marilynn Marchione 1 million in the United States. ging he suffered two years to see if the modified cells AP medical writer About 2 million people ago as he returned home one control the virus. The 30-year anniversary of die of the disease each year, night in Berlin. He moved The results so far on the the outbreak of the AIDS epi- mostly in poor countries back to the United States in cell counts “are all wonder- demic brought with it fresh that lack treatment. In the December. ful findings but they could all hope for something that U.S. though, newly diagnosed “He’s now four years off amount to nothing” unless many had come to think was patients have a life expec- his antiretroviral therapy HIV stays suppressed, said Dr. impossible: finding a cure. tancy only a few months and we have no evidence of Jacob Lalezari, who is leading Home Equity Line of Credit The example is Timothy shorter than people without HIV in any tissue or blood one of the studies as director Ray Brown of San Francisco, HIV. Modern drugs are much that we have tested,” even in of Quest Clinical Research in the first person in the world easier to take, and many places where the virus can San Francisco. apparently cured of AIDS. patients get by on a single lie dormant for many years, The approach also is not His treatment isn’t practical pill a day. Huetter said. practical for poor countries. % for wide use, but there are But it wasn’t that way P H OTO: COURTE S Y Brown’s success inspired “I wouldn’t want people to APR encouraging signs that other in 1995, when Brown, an Timothy Ray Brown. scientists to try a similar but think that gene therapy is going 2.99 * approaches might someday American working as a trans- less harsh tactic: modifying to be something you can do on Introductory Rate for 9 Months lead to a cure, or at least lator in Berlin, learned he These people had gene remission, she said. some of a patient’s infection- 33 million people,” Fauci said. allow some people to con- had HIV. He went on and off mutations that provide natural Several months later, the fighting blood cells to con- Other promising trol HIV without needing medicines because of side resistance to the virus. About return of leukemia changed tain the mutation and resist approaches to a cure try medication every day. effects but was holding his 1 percent of whites have them, their minds. HIV. In theory, this would new ways to attack the dor- “I want to pull out all the own until 2006, when he was and Huetter proposed search- Brown discussed the trans- strengthen the immune sys- mant virus problem, he said. stops to go for it,” though diagnosed with leukemia, a ing for a person who also was plant with his boss “and she tem enough that people They hinge on getting people Rates As Low As cure is still a very difficult problem unrelated to HIV. a tissue match for Brown. said, ‘Wow, this is amazing. would no longer need to tested and into care as soon goal, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, Chemotherapy left him so But transplants are gruel- Because you have leukemia, take HIV drugs to keep the as they become infected. director of the National sick he had to be put into a ing. Huetter would have to you could be cured of HIV.’” virus suppressed. Fauci’s institute has boost- Institute of Allergy and coma for his body to recover. destroy Brown’s diseased A registry turned up more Scientists recently tried ed money for cure research, Infectious Diseases. “They didn’t know if I’d immune system with chemo than 200 possible donors and this gene therapy in a cou- and the International AIDS 3.99 For now, the focus remains survive that,” Brown said. and radiation, then transplant Huetter started testing them for ple dozen patients, including Society, a professional organi- Variable Rate after Introductory Period% on preventing new infections. Dr. Gero Huetter, a the donor’s cells and hope the HIV-resistance gene. He hit Matthew Sharp of suburban zation for those who work in APR With recent progress on novel blood cancer expert at the they would take hold and pay dirt at No. 61 – a German San Francisco. More than six the field, has added finding a * ways to do that and a partially University of Berlin, knew that grow. Many patients die from man living in the United States, months later, the number of cure to its strategic plan. effective vaccine, “we’re start- a transplant of blood stem such attempts and Brown around 25 years old. his infection-fighting blood “There are paths forward ing to get the feel that we can cells (doctors used to use wasn’t willing to risk it. Brown had the transplant cells is “still significantly high- now” to a day when people really get our arms around this bone marrow) was the best His mother, Sharon Brown in February 2007. A year er than baseline,” he said. with AIDS might be cured, pandemic,” Fauci said. hope for curing Brown’s can- of Seattle, agreed. later, his leukemia returned It will take more time to said Dr. Michael Horberg, a Nearly 30 million people cer. But he aimed even higher. “Before I knew he had HIV but HIV did not. He had a know if gene therapy works member of President Obama’s have died of AIDS since the “I remembered something I I used to have nightmares second transplant in March and is safe. Experiments on HIV/AIDS council and vice first five cases were recog- had read in a 1996 report from about it,” and gambling on 2008 from the same donor. dozens of patients are under chairman of the HIV Medicine nized in Los Angeles in 1981. a study of people who were a transplant to try to cure Now 45, Brown needs no way, including some in which Association, doctors who About 34 million people have exposed to HIV but didn’t get it didn’t seem smart when medicines, and his only health patients go off their HIV treat the disease. “But it’s not HIV now, including more than infected,” Huetter said. the cancer seemed to be in problems are from the mug- medicines and doctors watch tomorrow, and it’s not today.” A heartbreaking past, a hopeful future demic killing 25 million leadership from agencies like and a mental health thera- HIV patients access as many people with 33 million Diverse and Resilient and the pist for quality health care, a health and social services in Just picture what you Opinion more diagnosed and living LGBT Community Center of pharmacist for HIV medica- one place as they can at the DOUG NELSON with HIV disease. 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WiGOUT!Wisconsin Gazette entertainment BACK STORY The gay backstage P h oto : J oan M arcu s Quinn VanAntwerp, Joseph Leo Bwarie, Matt Bailey, Steve story of Gouveia and the com- pany of Jersey Boys. ‘Jersey Boys’

By Michael Muckian Crewe has since admitted “This is probably the best of which are 1960s code for writer, dancer, singer, man- Ryder & the Detroit Wheels. Contributing writer that he is bisexual, a fact so-called ‘jukebox musical’ a gay orientation. The fact ager and even male model But it is his work with Gay actor Jonathan corroborated in a sou- to come out, and it’s all that Crewe was so influ- during his youth. He wrote the former New Jersey Hadley, who plays music venir book sold at each due to the strong book by ential in the careers of The a string of hits for the Four doo-wop group that made producer Bob Crewe in “Jersey Boys” performance. Marshall Brickman and Rick Four Seasons is something Seasons, including “Sherry,” Crewe’s career. the touring production of According to legend, Crewe Elice,” he says. “What’s fas- of gay success story, Hadley “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Hadley believes that, as a “Jersey Boys” that opens July was struggling over the lyr- cinating to me is that it’s says. Like a Man” and “Rag Doll” gay actor, he may understand 20 at Milwaukee’s Marcus ics to the song one night the only musical I’ve ever “It’s fascinating that you – all of which capitalized and appreciate the nuances Center for the Performing when he happened to look performed in that attracts essentially had these four on Valli’s distinctive falsetto. of Crewe’s life a little better Arts, knows the most popu- over at his young male lover straight guys.” street thugs who accepted He also composed songs as than a straight actor might. lar gay love song of all time. lying in bed. It was then that “Jersey Boys” is the this obviously gay man based diverse as the instrumental But in the end, he says, sex- And he’s chagrinned by the the lyrics started to flow. rags-to-riches story of four simply on his talent,” Crewe “Music to Watch Girls Go ual orientation had little to fact that very few people – “I love that story,” says street kids who make it to says. “I like it because it’s such By” and “Silhouettes,” cov- do with Crewe’s talent or gay or straight – know that Hadley, 46, who came out the top based on their musi- a subversive way to show ered by Herman’s Hermits. influence in pop music. it’s a gay love song. during his mid-20s as a cal talent. “It’s like a musical gays’ influence on the arts.” He provided the raw, mus- “I’ve never met Bob, but I Crewe is referred to in the young actor in New York. version of ‘The Sopranos,’ Crewe’s influence on cular arrangement of “Devil e-mail him every Nov. 12 on musical as “the Fifth Season” “Here you have arguably or something that Martin the arts goes far beyond With a Blue Dress On” that his birthday, and he e-mails because of the strong influ- one of the best pop songs of Scorsese might have direct- his work with The Four helped turn the formerly me back,” Hadley says. “I ence and hit songs he con- all time, and no one knows ed,” Crewe says, explaining Seasons. The Newark, N.J., unknown Billy Lee & the hope some day he shows up tributed to the creation and that it’s a gay song.” the play’s appeal to hetero- native, now 70, was a song- Rivieras into rockers Mitch at one of our performances.” launch of the pop sensations Hadley, a Charlotte, N.C., sexual men. “In Appleton, we The Four Seasons. In 1967 native, has been playing received a wild response. Crewe co-wrote “Can’t Take Crewe since 2007, two years People leaped to their feet My Eyes Off of You” with after the Tony-winning musi- before we even reached the Bob Gaudio for lead singer cal opened on Broadway. climax of the final song, and Frankie Valli. The song went Hadley has performed in it was usually guys that were on to reach No. 2 on the the Broadway “Jersey Boys,” leading it.” Billboard Hot 100 chart, was as well as with both the But some of the same a hit in 31 countries and Las Vegas company and the elements that resonate with has been covered by every- current touring production, straights – along with Crewe’s one from Andy Williams which concluded a 12-per- character – have also made and Maureen McGovern formance run at Appleton’s “Jersey Boys” wildly popular to Lauryn Hill and the late Fox Cities Performing Arts with gay audiences. actor Heath Ledger. Center in June. Crewe is referred to in Although not out at the Crewe says he never gets the play as “flamboyant” and time he wrote the song, tired of the show. has a male assistant – both

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Got news? Tell us Art Gaze [email protected]. The summer of China in Milwaukee By Kat Murrell is long, and a person could tion of a stone, glimmering Contributing writer get bored. So, how about a under the vault of Windover The Milwaukee Art little music to liven things up? Hall. If Jeff Koons was born in Museum has launched its Got it. Groups of musicians Beijing and inclined toward most ambitious slate of sum- and dancers are created for nature sculpture, he might mer programming ever with pleasure and entertainment. have arrived at this piece. the Summer of China. Not One riotous trio stick out Zhan springs off the classi- only is MAM hosting five new their tongues in merriment cal admiration for “scholars’ exhibitions, but even Mayor and abandon. rocks,” stones looked to for Tom Barrett is on board Animals also are part of their aesthetic and philo- with an official proclama- the sculptural offerings – ele- sophical interest. He creates tion welcoming the summer gant horses and even a small one of monumental propor- exhibits. The centerpiece baby bear who quizzically tions. We can explore the is “The Emperor’s Private yawns and scratches his head. nooks and crannies, projec- Paradise: Treasures from the “Emerald Mountains: tions and recessions, but the Forbidden City,” but the Modern Chinese Ink Painting glitziness of the stainless steel remaining four exhibits add from the Chu-tsing Li seems to keep us hovering much character to the China Collection,” on view in the on the surface, distracted by extravaganza. Koss Gallery, shows artists the novelty of reflection. We “Warriors, Beasts, and influenced by ancient tradi- see more of what’s around us Spirits: Early Chinese Art tions. Shanshui, or paintings – and ourselves – rather than from the James Conley featuring mountains and sinking into depths of mental Collection” offers some water, is a genre that has contemplation. Perhaps this entertaining works. Some been practiced for more than is a metaphor for the con- are even humorous, which 1,300 years. There is a great temporary condition – over- is not an adjective usually deal to see, as many of the sized and glamorized. associated with 2,000-year- paintings are meant to be The last of the exhibitions old sculptures. approached as a visual excur- is “Way of the Dragon: The Many objects come from sion. Chinoiserie Style, 1710-1830.” a funerary context, as they For a short primer on This selection of decorative were interred with the Chinese painting, take a few art objects explores interpre- deceased for use in the after- minutes to watch the video P h oto : J o h n R . G lembin tations of Chinese culture and life. And what is needed? with Metropolitan Museum of “Guardian War- motifs, vis-a-vis the European Protection, for one thing. Art curator Maxwell Hearn, rior Tang Dynasty” world and marketplace. These Works in the Schroeder who walks us through a 14th- (618-906 CE) painted are still very relevant issues, Galleria feature a number century piece. It’s a beautiful earthenware. as our culture and economy of lokapalas, or guardian fig- journey, highlighting the differ- are engaged with China on ures represented as armor- ent nuances between Chinese the world stage. clad warriors. Traces of bright and Western European China is a country that paint are evident on many, approaches to landscape. can raise conflicting feel- but especially gripping are Then, peruse the details of ings. Corporations may tout the expressions of these line and form in this exhibi- relationships with this nation ancient tough guys. They gri- tion, where the vastness of in the international market- mace, they stare, they are not mountain retreats are con- place, but many individuals to be tussled with. They have tained in the microcosm of a have reservations about an assertive beauty in their painting or revealed in book China’s human rights poli- angular, sharp mouths and or scroll form. Other works cies. Still, the exhibitions offer piercing eyes. represent the intersection expressionism of the mid- visual image and poetry. Take obviously referenced in “On a way of exploring a cul- In the Baumgartner Galleria, of traditional ink painting 20th century. A selection of your time. Site: Zhan Wang” and his ture that may be somewhat figurative sculptures serve dif- and progressive modernist fans from the 19th century The current contem- “Artificial Rock, No. 43,” a unfamiliar, but undeniable in ferent purposes. The afterlife strains, such as the abstract round out the display of porary art scene is most huge, stainless steel replica- global importance.

just opened at the Haggerty the city of Edo represents senting one season, team Baker Prindle traveled the at an area high school until it Museum of Art on the Hiroshige’s last significant with layers of images. Rather country photographing sites was legally forced to recon- Marquette campus, 13th body of work. He started it than peaceful or romantic where gay murders occurred. sider. Artwatch Street and Clybourn. in 1857 as he was retiring meditations, Bartlett engages His large-format (40 x 50 in.) Also opening in the weeks DEBRA BREHMER The show, running through into the life of a Buddhist in the anxiety of time passing prints show mundane places: ahead: Aug. 7, presents a number of monk. Divided by seasonal and the disharmonies of the a tree, the front of a building, • “Summer in Wis- Summer is the time for artists who have explored themes, it is a reverent and turning, churning world. the interior of a motel room. consin” (July 1), a survey outdoor frolic, but when the themes or ideas in a sequen- patient meditation on nature The Museum of Wisconsin It is only after we read the of seasonally thematic rainy days hit, seek shelter tial way. Where else would and mankind. The contempo- Art in West Bend is to be text detailing the crimes that work, at Tory Folliard. in the art museums and gal- you get to see Andy Warhol’s rary painter Jennifer Bartlett commended for present- these places become omi- • “Stay Still” (July 8, 5 leries. Marilyn prints stacked up takes Hiroshige’s theme ing “Momenti Mori,” an nous in their banality. This to 9 p.m.), a group show Generally, July and August near woodblock prints from into the 20th century with exhibition of photographs powerful body of work is about contemporary are the quiet art months, Hiroshige’s “100 Famous her own four seasons suite by Wisconsin’s Paul Baker being presented in the same adaptations of the still life but Milwaukee never sleeps. Views of Edo”? of prints. These four-color Prindle, opening July 27 and city that recently refused to tradition, at Katie Gingrass “Seeing in Sequence” This series of scenes from screen prints, each repre- running through Sept. 25. Paul allow a Gay-Straight Alliance Gallery.

28 W i s c o n s i n g a Z e t t e . c o m | June 30, 2011 W i s c o n s i n g a Z e t t e . c o m | June 30, 2011 29 Peninsula Players gets Wilde The Owlman swoops in for art fair Vinkler says. Mich. “But he did it in such a way That experience, which yielded By Michael Muckian he’s made well over 20,000 ple’s appreciation for both “Some actors like to tip their as to make them laugh at them- the treatise “De Profundis” and Contributing writer owls in various media in his his realistic and stylistic owl P h oto : C O U RT E S Y hand, saying a few lines in a deep- selves. Hopefully, some of them the poem “The Ballad of Reading Clarence Cameron prob- long carving career, a number interpretations. “The Owlman,” Theater er voice as if they’re sharing a joke might have walked away from the Gaol,” broke the author physically ably knows owls more of which have landed in vari- Despite having a house full Clarence Cameron. MICHAEL MUCKIAN with the audience,” he explains. “I play taking a little inventory of and spiritually. In 1900, five years intimately than anyone in ous wildlife art museums. of real parrots and tropical plan to the play the role straight their own lives.” after the premier of his greatest Madison. But “The Owlman,” But he didn’t always carve birds, he has never owned When actor Greg Vinkler dons and would love it if the audience Part of the play’s humor also work, Wilde died destitute in Paris. as Cameron is known, is not owls. During his two years as an owl. drag and plays Lady Bracknell in would forget that I’m a man dur- comes through Wilde’s inventive Some critics speculate that the an ornithologist, outdoors- a UW-Madison student, he “It’s against the law to even Peninsula Players’ production of ing the performance.” wordplay, Thatcher says. The dia- word “earnest” became a code man or avian veterinarian. apprenticed at an area funer- have an owl feather in your Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance The high farce focuses on two logue crackles with clever inver- word meaning “gay” for Wilde. The In fact, he rarely leaves the al home and then decided to possession in Wisconsin,” Animal Campus is your of Being Earnest,” he will be protagonists who take on false sions, delightful ironies and the several characters named Ernest, house he occupies with Bob study mortuary science in Cameron says. “I have a friend participating in one more grand identities to escape their social lowest of puns. Knowing the as well as those queried about Lockhart, his domestic part- Milwaukee. That’s the time who runs a raptor rehabilita- one stop pet care facility! theater tradition. This tradition, obligations. They both assume Victorian parlance, social struc- being “earnest,” are thought to ner of nearly 50 years. when the artist first began tion center in Illinois, so I We offer the following: however, is not very old. the name “Ernest,” which leads ture and customs can heighten reflect elements of London’s gay Cameron, 70, is a sculptor working in clay. He loved have been able to hold a Since Wilde’s “trivial comedy to a great deal of mistaken iden- the humor, but is not necessary culture at the time. But nothing who specializes in owls. In the feel and texture of the great many owls (there).” Doggie Dorms for serious people” premiered tity, creating the elements of to enjoy the play, she says. conclusive has ever come of the fact, the Beloit native never material. The artist and his birds will Dog Boarding in 1895, it has featured a long humor that drive the narrative. “Just as with Shakespeare, in speculation, Vinkler says. carves anything else – and he After graduation, Cameron occupy Booth 97 at Art Fair Fetch Fraternity line of actresses portraying the Wilde was criticized at the the hands of fine actors these dif- “Oscar Wilde was an artist doesn’t want to. did brief stints running off the Square, an alterna- Lady Bracknell role, including time for writing a play with ferences in language still translate and craftsman and, artistically “It’s almost crazy,” Cameron a funeral home and serv- tive outdoor event held in Doggy Day Care Dame Edith Evans and Stockard no redeeming social message. quite handily to our own culture speaking, the play is a triumph of says. “I can be walking down ing as a physical therapy aid conjunction with Art Fair on Kitty Hall Channing. But beginning about However, the apparent lack of today, and the actors can make writing,” Vinkler says. “I have no the street, look at a pile of before opening the Double C the Square, the better known Cat Boarding 1975, male actors also have message may in itself be Wilde’s the meaning quite clear,” she says. interest in making a statement or trash and see an owl in it. I Ceramic Shop on Madison’s and longer-standing event played the character, says Vinkler, commentary on the Victorian When “Earnest” premiered on camping it up. It’s a good play, and have never tired of the bird.” South Park Street in 1965. sponsored by the Madison Klipperz who also serves as artistic direc- mores of the era, according to Feb. 14, 1895 – St. Valentine’s I want to do justice to it.” Cameron began sculpting He sold the business in 1974 Museum of Contemporary Animal Grooming tor for the summer stock com- Kristine Thatcher, who is direct- Day – at London’s St. James’s owls out of clay, then moved to concentrate full-time on Art. accepting Wisconsin artists as exhibitors. bird out of a variety of mate- Campus Vet Clinic pany based in the Door County ing Peninsula Players’ production. Theatre, Wilde was at the height to soapstone and other clay sculpting. The two fairs, held July 9-10, exhibitors. Although he has exhibited rials. “I’d like to try wood community of Fish Creek. Brian “There is no doubt Wilde was of his career. But he was also at ON STAGE materials. He also makes Eventually Cameron aban- are located almost adjacent Off the Square is produced at art fairs around the coun- carving,” he says. “I have 10 Veterinarian services Bedford played Bracknell in skewering the vacuousness and the end of his career. An ongo- Door County’s Peninsula owls out of bronze, pewter doned clay for soapstone, a to each other, with Off the by the Wisconsin Alliance of try, The Owlman sticks close basswood logs someone gave (414) 425-3766 Roundabout Theatre Co.’s revival hypocrisy of London’s aristoc- ing feud with the Marquess of Players performs Oscar and copper. His small pew- soft mineral suitable for carving Square occupying the Monona Artists and Craftspeople, to home these days, con- me, and that’s the wood with of the play on Broadway earlier racy at the time,” said Thatcher, Queensbury, the father of Wilde’s Wilde’s “The Importance of ter owls sell for as little as that’s also the source of talc. Terrace Esplanade. 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I think as being preparation for the How does that come the next project will prob- future. … It’s really important into play when you’re ably be a live CD that incor- to plan and prepare and all performing? porates some of the stories Country French & Italian Cuisine that, but at the same time as Oh my gosh, it’s amaz- that I tell as well as some live much as we plan, we really ing that I can remember my performances. But definitely I in a Bistro atmosphere have no idea what the future songs. And sometimes I don’t have a handful of new songs P H OTO: COURTE S Y holds. … (laughs). But often I do. But that I feel like I can’t wait to Highway 42 and Cty. Rd. E, Egg Harbor • (920) 868-2090 • www.triodoorcounty.com “Drop Dead Diva” This moment is exactly those moments when I don’t, record in the studio. … 32 W i s c o n s i n g a Z e t t e . c o m | June 30, 2011 W i s c o n s i n g a Z e t t e . c o m | June 30, 2011 33 busy opening windows, while Let Me Go” Beginning in socially awkward Tommy when she finds out that Ruth momentum of their reunion Paul’s avoiding the light like 1978, we meet Kathy (Izzy (Andrew Garfield) are offi- is nearing completion after going after the death of Ruth, a vampire. After exchanging Meikle-Small), Tommy cially an item. Kathy (Carey only two organ donations, she Kathy and Tommy concoct Dishing the divas DVDiva a few words, excluding their (Charlie Rowe) and Ruth Mulligan) is relegated to arranges a reunion. Ruth, who a plan to ask for a perma- Gregg Shapiro names (at his request), they (Ella Purnell), three “stu- third wheel and decides to is “a bit broken,” is surprised, nent deferral. Ominous and the answers. ing message. have sex. dents” at Hailsham, who are become a “carer” for donors albeit pleased to see her. Ruth haunting, “Never Let Me Go” When Cher was strutting In “Judas,” Gaga cannibal- And so it begins. They under the strict supervision (which defers her own donor suggests that she, Kathy and has a way of taking hold of a her stuff – in rocker chick izes herself. “Americano,” ‘LAST TANGO meet regularly for a variety of headmistress Miss Emily role for a few years). But Tony take a final trip together, viewer and, well, not letting Music or disco diva drag – well “Hair” (rhymes with IN PARIS’ of sexual encounters, some (Charlotte Rampling). soon their closely interwo- which provides her with an go. Blu-ray special features Gregg Shapiro into her 40s and 50s, she “prayer”), “Bloody Mary,” With its Francis Bacon kinkier than others (see the The trio and their class- ven lives begin to unravel opportunity to ask the two include the featurette “The came off as timeless. J Lo just “Heavy Metal Lover,” opening-credits artwork ones involving butter and mates, whose every move is with velocity. of them for forgiveness for Secrets of Never Let Me Britney Spears sounds tampered with and “Electric Chapel” and Yoü and its Gato Barbieri score, fingernail clippers). Despite monitored closely by doctors By 1994, Kathy is still keeping them apart. Go,” Romanek’s on-set pho- Blame her parents, who tired. Buried under a produc- and I” contain distracting and not to mention riveting their best efforts, they begin and the staff at Hailsham, working with donors. But In an effort to keep the tography and more. pimped her out. Or blame tion as slick and shiny as the less-than-subtle religious ref- performances by Marlon to have feelings for each have been bred to be organ the Disney machinery that CD booklet and as gauzy as erences. Brando and Maria Schneider, other. But that only com- donors. That’s right. Once molded her. Britney Spears the photos, Lopez gives her Still, songs such as “Bad Bernardo Bertolucci’s “Last plicates things, as Jeanne is they “graduate” at 18 from has been making headlines, most phoned-in performance Kids” and “Government Tango In Paris” stands the engaged to Tom, who spends Hailsham, they are relocated most of them not music- to date. Hooker” hold promise for test of time. Nearly 40 years his time in Paris making a to various accommodations related or flattering, since Check it out on the what is yet to come from since its release, the uncut movie about Jeanne’s life. across England, where their her debut. vocoder programmed “Good Our Lady of Gaga. version, now available on Blu- Not surprisingly, things organs will be harvested, Spears’ latest disc “Femme Hit,” the un-hip hip-hop of ray from 20th Century Fox begin to get ugly between sometimes up to four times, Fatale” cements her sta- “I’m Into You” (featuring the Sade Home Entertainment, may them. As the title implies, this before they reach “comple- tus as a product of studio over-exposed Lil Wayne), the When Sade’s domes- seem tamer today but it still is something of a last dance tion” of their duties – and wizardry rather than actual silly Latin disco of “Papi,” the tic debut “Diamond Life” has the power to shock. (at least for one of them). their lives. performance skills. From the generic dance of “Invading arrived in 1984, it was clear Paul (Brando) is a middle- Brutal and passionate, In the early years, bonds selection of songwriting-by- My Mind” and “Villain.” Lopez that Madonna was no longer aged American whose wife Bertolucci (whose most are made. Kathy and Tommy committee compositions does manage to crawl out the only one-named won- P H OTO: COURTE S Y committed suicide in the recent film, “The Dreamers,” become good friends, (including the pseudo disco from under the rubble on der winning over music lov- Britney Spears performs July 9 at Milwaukee’s Marcus Amphitheater. hotel owned by her family. involved bisexuality) helped although it’s clear that there of “Till the World Ends,” the “Until It Beats No More” and ers. On the strength of hit Jeanne (Schneider) is a very define the cinema of the might be something more faux-urban suggestiveness “Starting Over.” songs such as “Your Love the Bob Marley-esque “By Marianne Soldiers fall “like lumps of young Parisian woman who 1970s with this film. He influ- below the surface. But the of “Inside Out” and “How Is King,” “Smooth Operator” Your Side” from “Lovers Faithfull meat” while flesh quivers meets Paul in an abandoned enced many young filmmak- antagonistic Ruth doesn’t I Roll”) to the lifeless and Lady Gaga and “Hang on to Your Love,” Rock.” And then it was Marianne Faithfull has “in the heat” in “The Words apartment. He’s been wan- ers. waste any time in getting robotic vocals (will.i.am’s Let’s be honest, gays, Gaga Sade sparkled and dazzled another 10 years before her long struck a balance that Maketh Murder.” The dering the streets, mourn- her claws into Tommy. By the “Big Fat Bass,” for example), let us down. listeners with the promise next studio disc, “Soldier between being an inter- xylophone in the title track ing in his fashion. Jeanne is ‘Never Let Me Go’ time they are sent to live at “Femme Fatale” is fatally Not that her unflagging of more. These treasures and of Love,” whose title track preter of other people’s might almost distract you looking for a place to rent Equally shocking, but on The Cottages in 1985, Ruth flawed. support of the community others are all found on the was possibly her most daring songs and a performer of from the “fountain of death” with her filmmaker boyfriend a more subtle level, is Mark (Keira Knightley), who can’t isn’t welcome and appreciat- splendid new double-disc musical departure. her own compositions. Over and end of England’s “danc- Tom (Jeanne-Pierre Leaud). Romanek’s film adaptation of be a heart donor because P H OTO: COURTE S Y Jennifer Lopez ed. After all, what did Britney compilation “The Ultimate In addition to the nine the course of almost 20 ing days.” The brassy charge, In the apartment, Jeanne’s Kazuo Ishiguro novel “Never she hasn’t got one, and the Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider in “Last Tango In Paris.” Jennifer Lopez will do ever do for us aside from Collection.” aforementioned selections, studio recordings and 45 a war cry if ever there was anything for our respect. appearing on an episode of For the most part, Sade “The Ultimate Collection” years, Faithfull has achieved one, woven into the fabric Whether she’s taking a stab “Will & Grace”? didn’t disappoint following contains 19 more cuts, such legendary status. of “The Glorious Land” is at being a fashion icon, a But Lady Gaga’s well-oiled her auspicious debut. She as the unexpected Thin Faithfull’s latest disc strangely exhilarating. But serious actress or a judge hype machine blew more kept the strong songs coming Lizzy cover “Still In Love “Horses and High Heels” the chanting and Mellotron Your Trees Come First with on an over-rated TV talent than a little bit of smoke up with “The Sweetest Taboo” With You” and a dreadful maintains her standing. in “England” only serve to show, she wants nothing our asses. “Born This Way” and “Never as Good as The remix of “The Moon and Produced by Hal Willner, call attention to the people more than to be valued for – or could that be born First Time” from 1985’s aptly the Sky,” with the unneces- who worked with Faithfull on who “stagnate with time.” First Choice Tree Care her talents. Whatever they again? – stalls shortly out of titled “Promise.” Her 1988 sary Jay-Z, making this her previous discs, the 13 songs And yet, it’s hard to turn may be. the gate. “Marry the Night” release “Paradise” featured most thorough anthology on “Horses and High Heels” away, especially from “Bitter • Expert Advice And that’s what makes her is an energetic club anthem “Stronger Than Pride” and to date. won’t disappoint for their Branches” and the stunning recording career so puzzling. complete with Gaga’s trade- “No Ordinary Love.” Then sheer diversity and for the “Hanging in the Wire.” • Insect & Disease Diagnosis & Treatment Does she really need (or mark stutter. But the title cut there was 1992’s “Love Lucinda way Faithfull makes herself want) to be a singer? Look suffers from sounding too Deluxe.” Williams at home in whatever setting Avril Lavigne • Mature & Young Tree Pruning no further than her unlov- familiar (“Express Yourself,” Eight years passed before Country rock survivor she’s working. On “Goodbye Lullaby,” able new album “Love?” for anyone?), in spite of its uplift- Sade returned in 2000 with Lucinda Williams is noth- Co-written originals such her fourth album and first • Custom-Blended Tree Fertilization ing if not prolific. Since her as “Eternity” and “Prussian in four years, prefab skate- groundbreaking 1998 come- Blue” rank among her best pop chick Avril Lavigne • Tree & Shrub Planting P h oto : G abriel C outu d U M O N T back disc “Car Wheels on a achievements as a song- sounds like she’s trying to Sade performs Aug. 5-7 Gravel Road,” she’s recorded writer. Faithfull’s rendi- distance herself from the • Storm Damage Tree Repair at the United Center five more studio albums, tions of Jackie Lomax’s “No snarling brat of her previ- in Chicago. including her latest “Blessed.” Reasons” (which has more ous discs. After all, she is • Dynamic Cabling & Bracing She’s never taken more than than a subtle suggestion of a 27-year-old divorcee. So a few years off between the Rolling Stones), Lesley a song such as “Wish You • Hazard Tree Assessment releases. Duncan’s “Love Song” and Were Here,” perhaps the The Williams of Allen Toussaint’s “Back in most mature track on the • Complete Tree & Stump Removal “Passionate Kisses” fame Baby’s Arms” (on which disc, sounds like the most is probably a thing of the guest backing vocalist Jenni adult recording she’s ever 10 ISA Certified Arborists on Staff past. The closest we get to Muldaur also shines brightly) made. something almost upbeat find her at the peak of her But that doesn’t last long, occurs on fourth song of interpretive skills. because in “Smile” she sings “Blessed” – “Seeing Black.” about being a “crazy bitch,” For the most part this is a PJ Harvey blacking out and waking up somber if occasionally uplift- “Let England Shake,” PJ with a new tattoo. She gets ing CD, as you can hear on Harvey’s musical homage serious again on “Everybody Make First Choice Tree Care Your Choice! the exquisite album closer to her motherland, is one Hurts” (not the R.E.M. song “Kiss Like Your Kiss,” as well of the most riveting but of the same name), as well Call us today at (414) 453-6996 • Visit www.firstchoicetreecare.com as “I Don’t Know How You’re unsettling albums of the as “Not Enough.” And that’s Livin’,” “Born to Be Loved” year. There is blood and pretty much how it goes, a and “Convince Me.” gore and death everywhere. serious-to-silly seesaw. 34 W i s c o n s i n g a Z e t t e . c o m | June 30, 2011 W i s c o n s i n g a Z e t t e . c o m | June 30, 2011 35 WiG summer movie report card: From ‘A’ to ‘D’ light, with beautiful shots that that combines influences rang- wouldn’t be out of place in ing from Stephen King’s “Stand P h oto : C O U RT E S Y Condé Nast Traveler, Allen’s By Me” to Steven Spielberg’s Ryan Reynolds stars Film return to form features self- “E.T.” and to Abrams’ in “The Green Lantern.” Gregg Shapiro described “Hollywood hack” “Cloverfield” is too much for Gil (Owen Wilson) and his you, then you’re probably bet- ‘Beginners’ chilly fiancée Inez (Rachel ter off seeing something else Written and directed by McAdams) in Paris with her at the multiplex. Mike Mills (“Thumbsucker”), stuffy, Republican parents. Beginning on a somber “Beginners” stays with you Gil is smitten with the city note at the funeral of Joe’s long after it has faded from and Inez is not. Things take (Joel Courtney) mother, who the screen. Based on Mills’ an unexpected turn when, was killed in a factory mishap, own experience with his after wandering the streets of “Super 8” doesn’t linger long late father, who came out Paris all day, Gil finds himself on the down side. Joe’s best as gay following the death of lost at the stroke of midnight buddy Charles (Riley Griffiths) his wife, “Beginners” takes a as the modern cars on the is a budding filmmaker, and non-traditional approach to street are replaced by vin- with his Super 8 camera in telling a non-traditional story tage models. Gil climbs into a hand, he goes forward with and succeeds on every level. classic Peugeot and is trans- plans to make a zombie movie Oliver (Ewan McGregor), ported to a party at Jean in the kids’ Ohio hometown in an artist with relationship Cocteau’s, where he meets the late 1970s. issues, has already come to Zelda (Alison Pill) and F. Scott Disobeying the wishes of terms with his father Hal’s Fitzgerald (Tom Hiddleston), his shut-down sheriff father years and the military secret- know it there are enough emerald energy, a member of coming out in his 70s when and later finds himself talking Jack (Kyle Chandler), Joe keeping machinery is in full bullets flying and explosions the Green Lantern corps and he learns that Hal is dying to Ernest Hemingway (Corey meets up with his friends Cary effect. That is, until a bunch of happening to make it feel like a wearer of the ring. of cancer. Around the same Stoll), who offers to show (Ryan Lee), Preston (Zach kids uncovers the truth. a Michael Bay movie. Looks Chosen by the ring itself, time Oliver meets actress Gil’s novel manuscript to Mills), Martin (Gabriel Basso) Fun, fast-paced, loud like someone’s been huffing following the death of a Anna (Mélanie Laurent), who Gertrude Stein (Kathy Bates). and Alice (Elle Fanning) to (although not as loud as gasoline. “Cars 2” = four flat corps member at the ruth- could either be the best pos- Out on the street, however, begin filming Charles’ movie, “Thor”) and surprisingly tires. At least the vacation- less hands of escaped villain sible thing for him or the Gil is back in the present day. well past his bedtime. But just touching, “Super 8” is just themed “Toy Story” toons Parallax (voiced by Clancy worst. It’s well worth watch- But the next night, Gil recre- as they are in the middle of a that, super. B+ short was entertaining. C- Brown), Hal at first resists ing Oliver, Hal and Anna ates his experience, whisked off shot they witness their sci- then takes his rightful place. make their way through the to Gertrude and Alice’s, where ence teacher Dr. Woodward ‘Cars 2’ ‘The Green But Parallax isn’t Hal/The More challenging landscape. A he meets Picasso (Marcial Di (Glynn Turman) drive his Of all the Disney/Pixar flix, Lantern’ Green Lantern’s only prob- Fonzo Bo) and the painter’s pick-up truck onto the train the first “Cars” was completely I’m not a comic book lem. He has to deal with ‘Midnight In mistress Adriana (Marion tracks and intentionally derail lost on me. A blatant attempt reader (although I am mar- competitive romantic inter- Paris’ Cotillard). And so “Midnight In a freight train. to get the NASCAR crowd ried to one), but I would est Carol (Blake Lively), not Not as near-perfect as Paris” goes, back and forth in Pretty soon the military into the theater, gay men were hope that they are as offend- to mention nebbishy scien- “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” time, from the present to the has arrived at the crash site not the target audience. ed by the inconsistent super- tific genius Hector (Peter Woody Allen’s latest, “Midnight 1920s, making for a neat and and then strange things begin But with their sites set hero movie franchise as I am. Sarsgaard), who undergoes In Paris,” finds a way to meld sweet little package. A- to happen. Metal objects and on expanding that fan-base, “Thor” “thucked” and the his own horrifying transfor- many of the elements of materials begin disappearing, “Cars 2” not only touches bilious “The Green Lantern” mation when infected with a Possibilities Allen’s best work (the past, ‘Super 8’ as well as many of the town’s on (or brushes past) accep- isn’t much better. The most Parallax space virus. as in “Bullets Over Broadway,” If you’re willing to overlook dogs, not to mention a few of tance but also goes inter- science fiction-like of the Short on substance (and with modern romantic com- the formulaic nature of J. J. its citizens. national (London! Paris! recent spate of comic book shirtless Reynolds) and long edy, as in “Annie Hall”) to Abrams’ summer blockbuster So as not to spoil the ele- Tokyo!). It shakes (not stirs) adaptations, “The Green on less than special effects, the create a delightful, humorous, “Super 8” and fork over the ment of surprise, suffice it to in some James Bond and ulti- Lantern” tells the tale of only thing green here is the picturesque and entertaining extra bucks to see it in IMAX, say that Dr. Woodward has mately goes gunning for big how hotshot pilot Hal (Ryan money that will be raked in movie experience. then you might find yourself been connected to a myste- oil. Really? In a Disney/Pixar Reynolds) came to become (or maybe lost) at the box Beginning in Paris at day- entertained. But, if a movie rious alien force for several movie? Sadly, yes. Before you one of the harnessers of office. D More Value. More Service. More Options. Bosley misses as Milwaukee’s Key West destination few minutes north of down- and potent. The appetizers were delicious and perfectly tion and presentation, but were cooked to the edge of town Milwaukee. After one we nibbled proved to be a cooked. also in service. Shrimp and burnt and the remaining sea- Milwaukee Apartment Homes Located on the East Side, of the killer cocktails you mixed bag. The tempura fried One of the nightly appetiz- grits featured soggy grits, food was both over-cooked Dining may just be “wasting away in green beans were delicious er specials, described as soft rich with cheese and just and greasy. This so-called RICK KARLIN Margaritaville.” and addictive. Enveloped in shell crab on a bed of micro- a few medium-sized grilled “Seafood Symphony” was Downtown, Shorewood and Whitefish Bay Have a few of those cock- a crunchy coating, the green greens, was offered either shrimp, which were over- less than harmonious. Michele and Jeff Green are tails and a three-course meal beans retain enough snap to tempura battered or sautéed. cooked. It’s a sad commen- I suspect that the major- the proprietors of this casual and you might spend as much let you know they’re freshly I opted for the sautéed ver- tary when the best part of ity of the preparation prob- spot that aims to recreate as airfare to Key West. I don’t made, and the teriyaki-style sion and was disappointed the dish is the sweet potato lems were due to cooking 3287 N. Oakland Ave. | Milwaukee, WI 53211 | 414-961-1822 the atmosphere of a laid- necessarily mind the price, as sauce augments the dish per- not only with the greasy, biscuit served on the side. the fried dishes in oil that back Florida Keys restaurant. good seafood is expensive. fectly. over-cooked crustacean but A seafood platter of fried was not hot enough and In this case, that means col- Unfortunately, on a recent The ceviche was not any- also with the spoon-sized calamari, scallops, clams, serving seafood that was orful art, music that would visit, the seafood at Bosley where near as successful. mound of greens. shrimp and soft shell crab, a little past its prime. We make Jimmy Buffet smile, lots wasn’t as good or as well- A rather small mélange of Entrées average $25-$30, along with some hushpup- didn’t linger over dessert of seafood and strong tropi- prepared as usual. mushy fish was swimming in and there’s no doubt the pies, provided more than or after-dinner drinks for cal drinks. We began our meal with enough overly sweet mari- quantity served is massive. enough for two to share. obvious reasons. The ambience aims to some of the tropical cock- nade to qualify as a soup. On But at such a price point, I The soft-shell crab was so (Bosley on Brady, 815 E. make you feel like you are tails, rich piña coladas and a the upside, the flour tortilla expect a little more finesse over-battered as to be unrec- Brady St., 414-727-7975, bos- on a mini vacation just a hurricane – both delicious chips served with the dish – not only in food prepara- ognizable. 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BELOIT / JANESVILLE MADISON MILWAUKEE (continued) ON THE Club Impulse, 132 W. Grand Ave., Beloit, 608-361-0000. Cardinal Bar, 418 W. Wilson St., 608-257-2473. Two, 718 E. Burleigh St. Club 5, 5 Applegate Court, 608-277-9700. Walker’s Pint, 818 S. Second St., 414-643-7468. GREEN BAY / FOX VALLEY Plan B, 924 Williamson St., 608-257-5262. Woody’s, 1579 S. Second St., 414-672-0806. TOWN Rascals Bar & Grill, 702 E. Wisconsin Ave., Appleton, Shamrock, 117 W. Main St., 608-255-5029. E dited and compiled by G regg S hapiro 920-954-9262. WOOF’S, 114 King St., 608-204-6222. NORTHERN Ravens, 215 E. College Ave., Appleton, 920-364-9599. Scooters, 411 Galloway St., Eau Claire, 715-835-9959. Tret Fure Napalese, 1351 Cedar St., Green Bay, 920-432-9646. JT’s Bar and Grill, 1506 N. Third St., Superior, MILWAUKEE 715-394-2580. SASS, 840 S. Broadway, Green Bay, 920-437-7277. Art Bar, 722 E. Burleigh St., 414-372-7880. The Shelter Club, 730 N. Quincy St., Green Bay, The Flame, 1612 Tower Ave., Superior, 715-395-0101. Ballgame, 196 S. Second St., 414-273-7474. The Main, 1217 Tower Ave., Superior, 715-392-1756. 920-432-2662. JULY 11, MONday Boom & The Room, 625 S. Second St., 414-277-5040. OZ, 320 Washington St., Wausau, 715-842-3225. JULY 7, THURSday XS Niteclub, 1106 Main St., Green Bay, 920-430-1301. Boot Camp, 209 E. National Ave., 414-643-6900. Out music legend Tret Fure opens for Little Feat at 7:30 p.m. Debs Spare Time, 1303 Harrison St., Oshkosh, D.I.X., 739 S. First St., 414-231-9085. SHEBOYGAN 920-235-6577. at the Barrymore Theatre, 2090 Atwood in Madison. Call 608- Fluid, 819 S. Second St., 414-643-5843. Blue Lite, 1029 N. Eighth St., 920-457-1636. Florentine Opera presents Florentine at the Lake at 7 p.m. PJ’s, 1601 Oregon St., Oshkosh, 920-385-0442. at Alterra Café at the Lake, 1701 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive. 241-2345. Harbor Room, 117 E. Greenfield Ave., 414-672-7988. JUNE 30, THURSday Summer Sounds presents Darele Bisquerra & Trio De Hybrid, 707 E. Brady St., 414-810-1809. WISCONSIN DELLS Janeiro at Hubbard Park, 3565 N. Morris Blvd. along the KENOSHA / RACINE Club ICON, 6305 120th St. (off I-94), Kenosha, Kruz, 354 E. National Ave., 414-272-KRUZ. Captain Dix Rainbow Valley Resort, 4124 River StageQ partners with OUT!Cast Theatre to bring the gay Milwaukee River in Shorewood, at 6:30 p.m. Call 414-847-2700. LaCage/ETC./Montage, 801 S. Second St., Road, 866-553-1818. mystery comedy “It’s Murder, Mary!” by Andrew Black If you really believe that she kissed a girl and liked it, then 262-857-3240. and Patricia Milton to the upstairs Drury stage at the Bartell check out Katy Perry at the Marcus Amphitheater, 100 N. JULY 12, TUESday Fierte, 5722 Third Ave., Kenosha, 262-764-9713. 414-383-8330. Theatre, 113 E. Mifflin in Madison, through July 2. Call 608- Harbor Drive, at 7:30 p.m. Visit www.summerfest.com. JoDee’s, 2139 Racine St., Racine, 262-634-9804. Mona’s, 1407 S. First St., 414-643-0377. 204-0280. The heavenly audience participation comedy “Late Nite Nut Hut, 1500 W. Scott St., 414-647-2673. Peninsula Players Theatre, W4351 Peninsula Players Road Catechism” runs through July 23 at Fox Cities Performing Arts LACROSSE Purr Nite Club, 3945 N. 35th St., 414-442-7007. Don’t see your favorite LGBT hangout? To contribute or update a listing, e-mail in Fish Creek, presents the world premiere of Sean Grennan’s Center, 400 W. College Ave. in Appleton. Call 920-730-3760. My Place, 3201 South Ave., 608-788-9073. This Is It, 418 E. Wells St., 414-278-9192. Lisa-Marie Calderone-Stewart, author of “Made to [email protected]. comedy “Making God Laugh” through July 3. Call 920-868- Players, 300 Fourth St., 608-784-4200. Triangle, 135 E. National Ave., 414-383-9412. 3287. Write,” is at Boswell Book Company, 2559 N. Downer, at 7 p.m. Tropical Niteclub, 626 S. Fifth St., 414-460-6277. Photographer Jessica Zalewski’s first solo exhibition Call 414-332-1181. Chances R, 417 Jay St., 608-782-5105. runs through Sept. 10 at Leenhouts Gallery, 1342 N. Astor. For more about the show and her work visit jessicaz.yolasite.com. “New Work: Colin Dickson & Shane Walsh,” an exhibition including paintings by Shane Walsh and site-specific installation by Colin Dickson, runs through July 16 at Walker’s JULY 13, WEDNESday Point Center for the Arts, 839 S. Fifth St. Call 414-672-2787 or Wig’s tail-wagger visit www.wpca-milwaukee.org. Out singer/songwriters Liz Clark and Melineh Kurdian C ourte s y of t h e W i s con s in h U M A N E s O C I E T Y Summer Sounds presents Streetlife with Warren perform their rootsy, harmony-laden brand of folk-pop at 8 p.m. Wiegratz at 6:30 p.m. at Hubbard Park, 3565 N. Morris Blvd., at Paradigm Coffee and Music, 1202 N. Eighth in Sheboygan. along the Milwaukee River in Shorewood. Call 414-847-2700. Call 920 457-5277. Katy Perry Boswell Book Company, 2559 N. Downer, presents Alice Meet Opie LaPlante, author of “Turn of Mind” at 7 p.m. Call 414-332-1181. Opie is a 3-year-old Anatolian shepherd mix weighing in at 65 pounds. JULY 1, FRIday He’s big, bouncy and full JULY 8, FRIday of contagious enthusi- The musical “Church Basement Ladies,” featuring an all- asm. Excited and playful Milwaukee cast including Beth Mulkerron, Rhonda Rae Busch, Luminous out singer/songwriter Ellis (who, in fact, one minute then cud- Norman Moses, Kay Stiefel and Jenny Wanasek, runs through has kissed a girl or two) plays High Noon Saloon, 701A E. dly and affectionate the Aug. 7 in Vogel Hall at Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Washington in Madison, at 6 p.m. Call 608-268-1122. next, Opie has a bubbly at the corner of Water and State. Call 414-273-2787. personality sure to keep you laughing. He loves meeting new people and thrives on attention and JULY 9, SATURday Liz Clark Melineh Kurdian praise, making him an JULY 3, SUNday excellent candidate for training classes. If you’re Britney Spears and special guest Nicki Minaj headline looking for an active, Club 5 Bar, 5 Applegate Court in Madison, presents a live Summerfest at the Marcus Amphitheater, 100 N. Harbor Drive, female impersonator show, at 10 p.m. Call 608-277-9700. lovable, goofy pal, then at 7 p.m. Visit www.summerfest.com. Opie’s your guy. A quartet of lesbian authors, including C.P. Rowlands, Anne JULY 14, THURSDay Laughlin, Martha Miller and Chris Paynter, helps Outwords Tip of Opie is a 3-year-old Anatolian shepherd mix. Books, 2710 N Murray, commemorate its 18th anniversary at Outwords Books, 2710 N. Murray, welcomes bestselling the Week: 1 p.m. Call 414-963-9089. Dreamspinner Press romance writer Andrew Grey and Tired of getting pummeled by Fido every time you greet him? Start by ignoring JULY 5, TUESday The second annual Bartell Theatre Awards are held – perennial favorite mystery writer Mark Zubro at 7 p.m. Call him entirely when he jumps on you. Once his paws touch you, fold your arms, turn where else? – the Bartell Theatre, 113 E. Mifflin in Madison. 414-963-9089. your back, and look at the ceiling while using the cue “off.” If he persists, leave the Theatre Z in association with NewARTS presents “Angels Call 608-204-0280. Summer Sounds presents Jackie Brown & The Boys in America” by Tony Kushner through July 10 at Arketype, 612 room, wait 30 seconds, then restart the process. Remember to reward him with “Popera” singer Josh Groban performs at the Resch Center, at 6:30 p.m. at Hubbard Park, 3565 N. Morris Blvd., along the lots of praise and a yummy treat when he keeps all four paws on the floor. Stuart in Green Bay. Call (920) 403-3950. 1901 S. Oneida in Green Bay. Call 920- 494-3401. Milwaukee River in Shorewood. 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Got news? Tell us Got news? Tell us community Groups [email protected]. [email protected]. community EVENTS 5 p.m., OutThere LGBT youth group Club, Milwaukee.* MILWAUKEE SHEBA/Sisters Helping Each other Battle Marquette U G/L Alumni, P.O. Box 92722, 53202 Wisconsin Ave., Appleton, WI 54911, www. ONGOING FRIDAY SATURDAY meeting, OutReach, Madison.* 6 p.m., third Tuesday, Fair Wisconsin AIDS, 2349 N Holton St., 414-390-0444 Project Q, 315 W. Court St., 53212, 414-223-3220 rainbowoverwisconsin.org 1-5 p.m., Monday and Thursday, SAGE 1 p.m., Art Experience, SAGE 9 a.m., Frontrunners/Walkers Milwaukee 5 p.m., third Sundays, PFLAG Action Network of the Chippewa Arts/Entertainment Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Brew City UWM LGBT Resource Center, UWM Union Positive Voice, P.O. Box 1381, Green Bay, 54305, Office drop-in hours, Milwaukee.* Milwaukee.* Run Walk, starting at the Water Milwaukee, Martin Luther Church, Valley, LGBT Community Center of Cream City Chorus, 252 E. Highland Blvd., Sisters Abbey, [email protected], WG 89, P.O. Box 413, 53201, 414-229-4116, 920-435-4404, pvinc.org, [email protected]. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday through 4-7 p.m., fourth Friday, Happy Tower at the east end of North 9235 W. Bluemound Road, the Chippewa Valley, Eau Claire.* 53202, 414-276-8787, www.creamcitychorus. www.brewcitysisters.org www.uwm.edu/Dept/OSL/LGBT Pride Alive, 920-471-3260, www.newpride.org, Thursday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday; 10 Hour with Planned Parenthood Avenue in Milwaukee, 262-285-7645. Wauwatosa. 7 p.m., second Tuesday, lesbian reading org, [email protected] WanderWomyn Outdoors Group, debydoo2@ [email protected] a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, LGBT Center Advocates of Wisconsin, rotating 9 a.m., Frontrunners/Frontwalkers 7 p.m., second Sundays, Gay and group at Outwords Books, 2710 N. Cream City Squares, 414-445-8080, www. yahoo.com Valued Families, GLBT parent/child support group, of SE Wisconsin drop-in, Racine.* location in Milwaukee/Madison, Madison, Wingra Park off Monroe Straight in Christ, Good Shepherd Murray Ave., 53211, 414-963-9089, iagsdc.org/creamcity Washington Heights Rainbow Association, MADISON Appleton, www.valuedfamilies.blogspot.com www.ppawi.org. St., Madison, 608-469-4882. Catholic Church, N88 W17658 www.outwordsbooks.com. Miltown Kings drag king troupe, www. 414-217-1571, on Facebook THURSDAY 5:30 p.m., second and fourth Fridays, 3 p.m., second and fourth Saturdays, Christman Road, Menomonee Falls, 7 p.m., last Tuesday, Canasta night, miltownkings.com, [email protected] Wauwatosa Rainbow Association, Arts/entertainment Pozitive Lite HIV/AIDS group, Women4Women, OutReach, 262-502-0437. SAGE Milwaukee.* Milwaukee Gay Arts Center, 703 S. [email protected] Dairyland Cowboys and Cowgirls, Club 5, 5 RACINE/KENOSHA 2:30 p.m., first and third Thursdays, OutReach, Madison.* Madison.* 7 p.m., Spectrum GLBT and Allied Second St., 53204, 414-383-3727, www. Wisconsin Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf, 252 Applegate Court, Madison, 53713, 608-277- LGBT senior adults discussion, 6 p.m., second Fridays, Lesbian 6 p.m., Rotating Activity Night each social group for adults, Harmony milwaukeegayartscenter.org E. Highland Ave., 53202, www.wisrad.org 9700, www.dcandc.org Community Madison Senior Center, 330 W. Alliance game night and potluck, week, LGBT Community Center of MONDAY Cafe, Appleton.* Milwaukee/LGBT Film/Video Festival, Wisconsin Rainbow Families, 252 E. Highland LGBT Center of SE Wisconsin, 1456 Junction Mifflin St., Madison, ferington@ LGBT Community Center, the Chippewa Valley, Eau Claire.* 7 p.m., second Monday, Outwords 7 p.m., Women’s Voice Milwaukee www4.uwm.edu/psoa/programs/film/lgbtfilm Blvd., 53202, www.wirainbowfamilies.com, Ave., Racine, 53403, 262-664-4100, info@ charter.net. Milwaukee.* 7-8:30 p.m., third Saturdays, BWMT men’s book club, 2710 N. Murray rehearsal, 630-890-5984. Queer Zine Archive Project, 2935 N. Fratney [email protected] Community lgbtsewisc.org 6 p.m., third Thursdays, same-sex 6:30 p.m., Open Mic night, Harmony (Black and White Men Together), Ave., 53211, 414-963-9089, www. St., 53202, www.qzap.org OutReach, 600 Williamson St., Suite P1, PFLAG-Racine/Kenosha, at the LGBT Center partners group, OutReach, Madison.* Cafe, Green Bay.* general meeting.* outwordsbooks.com. Shoreline Country Dancers, 2809 E. Oklahoma Madison, 53703, 608-255-8582, www. of SE Wisconsin, 1456 Junction Ave., Racine, 6 p.m., Qgrads, UW Memorial Union 7 p.m., AA, The Galano Club, 7 p.m., Spectrum-Social and networking WEDNESDAY Ave., 53207, www.shoreline-milw.org Health lgbtoutreach.org, [email protected] 53403, 262-664-4100, [email protected] Rathskeller, 800 Langdon St., Milwaukee.* LGBT group, Harmony Cafe, Appleton.* 6 p.m., first Wednesday, LGBT cancer Women’s Voices Milwaukee, AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, P.O. Box PFLAG-Madison, 4221 Venetian Ln., Madison Madison. 7 p.m., Gay Narcotics Anonymous, The SUNDAY 7:30 p.m., AA Came to Believe, The networking group, Gilda’s Club, 7907 630-890-5984, womensvoicesmke.viviti.com, 510498, 53202, 414-273-1991, www.arcw.org, 53718, 608-848-2333, [email protected] 7 p.m., third Thursdays, Lesbian Galano Club, Milwaukee.* 10:30 a.m., Al-Anon, Galano Club, Galano Club, Milwaukee.* UW Health Court, Middleton, 608- [email protected] [email protected] Gay / Bi Fathers Support Group, c/o Outreach, Sports Alliance movie night, LGBT 7 p.m., Drop-in night, LGBT Milwaukee.* 828-8880, gildasclubmadison.org. Brady East STD (BESTD) Clinic, 1240 E. Brady 600 Williamson St., Madison, 53703, Wisconsin Warriors, P.O. Box 334, Somers, Community Center, Milwaukee.* Community Center of the 10:30 a.m., AA Step/Topic meeting, 6:30 p.m., third Wednesday, Wauwatosa St., 53202, 414-272-2144, www.bestd.org, [email protected] 53171, 414-759-8823, wiwarriors.com, 7 p.m., Q2-LGBTQ Youth Group, LGBT Chippewa Valley, Eau Claire.* Galano Club, Milwaukee.* TUESDAY Rainbow Association monthly Community [email protected] [email protected] Community Center of the Chippewa 8:30 p.m., second and fourth Fridays, 1 p.m., Cream City Squares dances, 12:30 p.m., third Tuesday, Retired Old/ meeting, [email protected]. Bay View Gays, 414-482-3796, www.bvgays.com Galano Club, 315 Court St., Suite 201, 53213, Valley, Eau Claire.* Shoreline Milwaukee line dancing Lake Park Lutheran Church, 2647 N. Older Lesbians (ROLLers), Madison. 7 p.m., first Wednesday, Bear Club 4 Brew City Bears, P.O. Box 1035, 53201, 414- 414-276-6936, www.galanoclub.org, mail@ Politics 7:30 p.m., Four Lakes Bears, and lessons, Hot Water, 818 S. Stowell, Milwaukee. Info: 608-219-7751. Men monthly meeting, Napalese 331-3744, www.bcb4men.info galanoclub.org Fair Wisconsin, 122 State St., Suite 500, Youth/Education Michelangelo’s Coffee Shop, 114 Water St., Milwaukee, 414-383- 7 p.m., AA The Big Book meeting, 5:30 p.m., AA Over and Under 40; 7 Lounge, 1351 Cedar St., Green Bay, BWMT, 414-463-5359, www.nabwmt.org/ Health Institute of Milwaukee, 1817 N. Martin Madison, 53703, 608-441-0143, www. Rainbow Alliance, UW-Parkside, Student State St., Madison, 608-251-5299. 7593. Galano Club, Milwaukee.* p.m. AA The Blue Group, The Galano Info: [email protected]. milwaukee Luther King Drive, Suite 3, 53212, 414-263-9999 fairwisconsin.org, [email protected] Center, L108D, 262-595-2685, http://www. Castaways, P.O. Box 1697, 53202, Milwaukee Women’s Center, 611 N. uwp.edu/clubs/clubtemp.cfm?clubID=38 [email protected] Broadway, Suite 230, 53202, www.mwcinc.org * See Community Listings, prior page, for address and contact information. CONNEXUS, 2439 N. Holton St., 53212, 414-390- Pathfinders, 1614 E. Kane Pl., 53202, 414-271- Sports 0444, www.diverseandresilient.org/connexus 1560, www.pathfinders.org, [email protected] Madison Gay Hockey Association, www. OTHER Cream City Foundation, 759 N. Milwaukee STD Specialties, Inc., 3251 N. Holton St., madisongayhockey.org Baraboo LGBT Community, St., Suite 212, 53202, 414-225-0244, www. 53212, 414-264-8800, www.stdspecialties.org Madison Gay Volleyball, 608-347-8907, www. [email protected] creamcityfoundation.org madisonlbtvolleyball.com LGBT Community Center of the Chippewa community B R I E F S Diverse and Resilient, 2439 N. Holton St., 53212, Madison Minotaurs Rugby Club, www.madison- Valley, 1305 Woodland Ave., Eau Claire, 414-390-0444, www.diverseandresilient.org Politics minotaurs.com, [email protected] 54701, 715-552-LGBT, www.thecentercv.org Send community briefs to [email protected]. Firebirds, P.O. Box 159, 53201 Center Advocates, 252 E. Highland Blvd., 53202, LGBT Community Resource Center of the FORGE Social Support, P.O. Box 1272, 53201, 414-271-2656, www.centeradvocates.org Seven Rivers Region, P.O. Box 3313, 303 414-559-2123, www.forge-forward.org, info@ Equality Wisconsin, 2717 E. Hampshire Ave., Youth/education Pearl St., La Crosse, 54602, 608-784-0452, Safe space opens People with last names from “H” folk are proud to have as allies. “My Best forge-forward.org 53211, 414-431-1306, www.equalitywi.org GSA for Safe Schools, 301 S. Bedford St., www.7riverslgbt.org, r.st.sauver@7riverslgbt. in Rock County to “S” are asked to bring side dishes, Friend Is Straight!” is set for Thursday, GAMMA Milwaukee, P.O. Box 1900, 53201, Human Rights League, 252 E. Highland Blvd., Madison, 53703, 608-661-4141, www. org, [email protected] OutReach of Madison is hosting a and everyone else should bring snacks, July 28, at the North Point Lighthouse, 414-530-1886, www.milwaukeegamma.com 53202, 414-445-5292, www.hrl-pac.org, gsaforsafeschools.org PFLAG Door County, Hope United Church of safe space in the Janesville area to such as appetizers, chips and veggies. 2650 N. Wahl Ave. Enjoy raffles, music, Gemini Gender Group, P.O. Box 44211, 53214, [email protected] Christ, 141 S. 12th Ave., Sturgeon Bay, 54235, support Rock County LGBT residents. The sponsoring organizations food and drink while you mix and mingle 414-297-9328, gggwi.tripod.com 920-743-8146, www.pflagdoorcounty.org Meeting times are 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on include Equality Wisconsin, Galano with a supportive crowd. Lesbian Alliance, 252 E. Highland Ave., 53202, FOX VALLEY PFLAG of the Greater Oshkosh Area, Monday nights. Club, Lesbian Alliance, Milwaukee For more information or to purchase 414-272-9442, www.lesbianalliance.org Sports First Congregational Church, 137 Algoma For the location of the meeting, Metropolitan Community Church, tickets visit http://www.creamcityfounda- Lesbian Fund of the Women’s Fund Front Runners/Front Walkers, 262-285-7645, Community Blvd., 54901, www.oshkosh-pflag.org, contact Angie Rehling at angier@lgb- PFLAG, Plymouth United Church of tion.org/my-best-friend-is-straight.html. of Milwaukee, 414-290-7350, www. ullrwolf.com/frontrunnersmke, [email protected] Argonauts of Wisconsin, P.O. Box 22096, [email protected] toutreach.org or call her at OutReach Christ and SAGE/Milwaukee. womensfund.com/who_we_are/lesbian_fund Metro Milwaukee Tennis Club, 3957 81st St., Green Bay, 54305, www.argonautsll.org, info@ PFLAG La Crosse, LGBT Resource Center of the at 608-255-8582. ‘Out of Respect’ heads Participants Milwaukee LGBT Community Center, 252 E. 53222, 414-616-3716, [email protected] argonautsll.org Seven Rivers Region, 303 Pearl St., 54602, Welcoming to nation’s capital needed for coming- Highland Blvd., 53202, 414-271-2656, www. Milwaukee Gay Soccer League, 1012 Bear Club 4 Men, P.O. Box 13463, Green Bay, 608-784-0452,www.7riverslgbt.org RAINBOW Community youth camp Milwaukee documentary filmmaker out research mkelgbt.org E. Clark St., 53212, 414-405-5878, www. 54307, www.bc4m.com PFLAG of Manitowoc County, St. James pot luck in Milwaukee seeks delegates Tess Gallun is screening “Out of Respect” Andy Dunlap, a gay Ph.D. student at Milwaukee LGBT History Project, 414-224- milwaukeegaysoccer.org Harmony Café, 233 E. College Ave., Appleton, Episcopal Church, 434 N. 8th St., 54220, 920- July 16 Everytown Wisconsin is seeking dele- in Washington, D.C., in July. Smith College School for Social Work, 0517, www.mkelgbthist.org Milwaukee Gay Volleyball League, www. 54911, 920-734-2233, www.harmonycafe.org, 323-9142, [email protected] The seventh annual Rainbow gates ages 14 to 17 to attend this year’s The groundbreaking film deals with is seeking volunteers for a study explor- Milwaukee Pride Parade, P.O. Box 0091, milwaukeegayvolleyball.com [email protected] PFLAG Stevens Point, 715-572-6922, www. Community Pot Luck Picnic in camp, held from Aug. 8-13 at Camp LGBT homeless youth in Milwaukee. ing how the coming-out process has 53201, 414-607-3793, www.prideparademke. Saturday Softball Beer League, 2333 N. 56th Harmony Café, 1660 W. Mason St., Green Bay, pflagpoint.com Milwaukee is scheduled for noon to 4 Helen Brachman in Almond. Almond One of the screenings is for the LGBTQ changed over time. org, [email protected] St., 53210, www.ssblmilwaukee.com 54303, 920-569-1593, www.harmonycafe.org PFLAG Washburn, Washburn Public Library, p.m. on July 16 at the Washington Park is in the center of the state, south of National Advisory Committee at the More than 600 people have completed PFLAG-Milwaukee, 252 E. Highland Ave., PFLAG-Appleton/Fox Cities, 740 Kensington 307 Washington Ave., 54891, 715-209-1100, Senior Center, 4420 W. Vliet St. Stevens Point. Human Rights Campaign, where Gallun the survey so far, but not all age groups 53202, 414-299-9198, pflagmilwaukee@ Road, Neenah, 54956, 920-722-7145. http://community.pflag.org/pflagwashburn, Sponsors will provide burgers, brats, Everytown brings together youth hopes to generate support for creating and genders are well represented. hotmail.com Youth/Education Rainbow Over Wisconsin, 702 E. [email protected] hot dogs, veggie burgers, buns, condi- from diverse backgrounds to prepare an educational toolkit addressing the The survey is strictly anonymous and PrideFest, 414-272-3378, www.pridefest.com Alliance School, 850 W. Walnut St., 53205, ments and utensils. them to become young leaders in chal- issue. the information gained will help others Queer Program, P.O. Box 090441, 53209, 414- 414-267-5400, www.allianceschool.org People whose last names begin with lenging racism, sexism, heterosexism, who are struggling with the coming-out 265-8500, [email protected] Alliance for LGBTQ Youth, 1212 S. 70th St., the letters “A” to “G” are asked to ageism and ableism. CCF HONORS BFFs process. SAGE Milwaukee, 1845 N. Farwell Ave., Suite 220, 53214, 414-453-1400, www.cssw.org WHAT’S GOING ON THIS WEEK? bring desserts, including fruit, to serve For information, e-mail martha.barry@ Each summer the Cream City The survey can be taken online at 53202, 414-224-0517, www.sagemilwaukee.org Gay Youth Milwaukee, P.O. Box 090441, 53209, Peruse daily events and add your event. six people or more. ywcamilw.org or call 414-267-3204. Foundation honors the BFFs who LGBT http://webspace.ship.edu/aldunlap. 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